{"product_id":"breaking-away-9781443444675","title":"Breaking Away","description":"\u003cp\u003ePatrick O'Sullivan was a kid with skills, with natural gifts that catapulted him into the spotlight and made NHL scouts rave. O'Sullivan seemed destined to become one of the world's next great hockey players. But then it all went horribly wrong.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the national bestseller \u003cem\u003eBreaking Away\u003c\/em\u003e, Patrick O'Sullivan gives readers a disturbing account of ten years of ever-escalating physical abuse and emotional cruelty at the hands of his father. When Patrick proved more skilled than other eight-year-olds, John O'Sullivan decided to dedicate his life to turning his son into the player he had always dreamed of becoming. Shouting at the top of his lungs, John O'Sullivan was the typical over-involved parent. Many teammates, parents and coaches thought it ended there. Few had any idea of the dysfunction and violence at the O'Sullivans' home.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBreaking Away\u003c\/em\u003e is a story about abuse, but it is also a story about triumph, as O'Sullivan revisits the ghosts of his past.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eO'Sullivan, Patrick:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePATRICK O'SULLIVAN\u003c\/strong\u003e was the OHL and CHL rookie of the year in 2002 and the AHL rookie of the year in 2005. He remains the all-time leader in games, goals, assists and points for the Mississauga\/Niagara franchise in the OHL. He played 334 games over eight seasons with the Los Angeles Kings, Edmonton Oilers, Carolina Hurricanes, Minnesota Wild and Phoenix Coyotes in the NHL. He played in three World Junior Championships and is all-time second in games played for the USA in tournament history. He scored the gold-medal winning goal for the United States team at the world junior championships in 2004, the first gold medal in the team's history. The 30-year-old now lives in southwest Florida with his wife and two sons.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGARE JOYCE\u003c\/strong\u003e is a senior writer for \u003cem\u003eSportsnet Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e. A former writer for \u003cem\u003eESPN: The Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Globe and Mail\u003c\/em\u003e, Joyce has won four Canadian national magazine awards and been a finalist 21 times. He is author of seven books of sports non-fiction, including \u003cem\u003eWhen the Lights Went Out, Future Greats and Heartbreaks\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Devil and Bobby Hull\u003c\/em\u003e. Under the nom de plume G.B. Joyce, he has written two mystery novels, \u003cem\u003eThe Code\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Black Ace\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50914142945554,"sku":"9781443444675","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f3bf06fa-5b3c-43d0-b898-74a41cb5258a.jpg?v=1738807157","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/breaking-away-9781443444675","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}