Another Season: A Coach's Story of Raising an Exceptional Son Book

Gene Stallings, the coach of Alabama, had a son with Down Syndrome. The doctors didn't expect Johnny to live past his first year. His purpose for writing Another Season was to show the people in the world, who have children with Down Syndrome, that even though its tough you can't give up. There are answers for the questions they are asking. It is hard and it takes a toll on family. If you love your child enough, you will get through it for them.

The theme of this novel is that when life gets tough, you have to work harder. Another Season was written by a football legend. Gene Stallings was very well known for being a fantastic coach who never gave up. Throughout his life he dealt with some difficult things. His third child was born with Down Syndrome, going from one job to another, and juggling family with coaching.

Another Season is an example of a narration. The story starts out foreshadowing thirty years later in Gene's life. Then it goes back to the day Johnny was born. From there it goes in chronological order of Gene Stalling's life. He tells us about his different coaching jobs, Johnny's health and family. The style is very effective in being that it was almost like he made a timeline first and then wrote them for the book.

I thoroughly enjoyed this book. I particularly liked it because I know someone with Down Syndrome. What really caught my attention where the parts about Johnny. I think it is so fascinating reading about his life. Talking about his job and the drama he deals with in his job was boring to me. I just couldn't stay focused because it wasn't interesting to me. If i could have changed something in the book it would be more excited. Another Season is about 45% about Johnny and 55% about football. I would make it so it was more even between football and Johnny. The football portion of the novel should be more interesting so you won't lose readers. Overall, I would recommend this book to anyone who likes football who just a simple book about real life.