Bøger af Tom O'Connell

This compilation of excerpts from The O'Connell Boy: Educating a Wolf Child, provides a glimpse into the author's life with hisIrish Granny, Johanna. The two engage in a battle of wits that shapes their challenging yet loving relationship. Despite her tendency to carry on about one problem or another, and Tom's tendency to instigate her, their bond becomes stronger as he weaves in and out of a strained relationship with his father.

2 The book recounts the recollections of the author's experiences and positive perceptions of his thoughts as he worked his way through life. He had a stroke at age nine, which took away the use of his right side and his articulation. While most people would consider this a bad break, he looked at the occurrence as a part of life, accepted by him with peace and tranquility. The author has always looked forward to the next day and all the expectations it holds. The challenges presented by the stroke and other changes in his path have enhanced his life, not lessened it. He considers himself a fortunate person for all that has come his way. The stories are humorous. Most of them are told from a little boy's perspective and the amusing adventures one finds himself in when he has one functional side. He hopes that his writings will help people by giving them a different way of looking at life. Keep trying and good times are sure to come.

In a candid, informal style, writer Tom O'Connell traces his work life from his early days in the 1930s and 1940s as an orphan in a Catholic Charities group home upward to top leadership roles in Massachusetts. He recalls challenging careers as CEO, educator, writer, columnist, host of public affairs show "It's Your Life" on Boston's Channel 25. People known nationally and locally emerge in this book: Entertainer Victor Borge, Gov. John Volpe, Gov. Mike Dukakis, TV Newsman Dick Flavin, Boston Globe Cartoonist Paul Szep, Gov. Frank Sargent, Mayor Kevin White, City Councilor Dapper O'Neil. The memoir takes the reader on a roller coaster ride of job searches and major achievements as he moves upward from Granny's house next to the railroad tracks to appointment to the Governor's Highway Safety Committee, CEO of Massachusetts Safety Council, inclusion in Who's Who in the East, and selection in Cape Cod Life's 25th Anniversary Issue as "one of the top 100 influential people" on Cape Cod. From heights of upward mobility and success, O'Connell also reveals periods when he plummeted from those heights into times of downward mobility when faced with divorce, illness, bankruptcy and other challenges. "Tom re-creates the 'Anything is Possible' myth of American culture after World War II." -W.A. Cole, Book Reviewer "It's the lone wolf story of a soul who will not sacrifice his values." -Dr. Finbarr Corr, Author, Therapist, Professor

ABCA Coach of the Year Tom O'Connell presents over 100 of the best practice games ever created. The skill-building competitions cover fielding, pitching, catching, and hitting; they also prepare players for every situation from bunt defense to rundowns. With full practice plans based on the games included, it's an ideal resource for coaches.