by Michael Oher
First published 2023
Michael Oher built an NFL career after growing up in poverty and homelessness. His story became the movie The Blind Side and his memoir I Beat the Odds. Now he returns with practical wisdom on turning obstacles into opportunities. Oher has faced hunger, bullying, academic struggles, job loss, brain injury, anxiety, and depression. He has also earned a college degree, won a Super Bowl, married happily, and raised four children. Through years of speaking with fans who see hope in his journey, Oher learned that people desperately want to believe good things can happen when circumstances look impossible. He shows readers that walls can become doorways. This book teaches how to get back up repeatedly, no matter what knocks you down. Oher proves that the toughest situations often hide the greatest possibilities.
Genres: self-help, non-fiction, biography-memoir, inspirational
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: overcoming-adversity, rags-to-riches
Setting: NFL
Period: 21st-Century
224 pages · Hardcover · Avery
Content warnings: depression, mental-illness