The Vessle (Paperback)

Paperback. He never missed a kick. Not once in thirty-five years. And he spent his whole lifetelling the world it wasn't him.Samuel Reed was seven years old - the smallest boy on the team, the kicker who prayedbefore every kick - when his best friend's arm broke open on a peewee football field andclosed again under his hands. The adults explained it away. The children never did.The gift follows Samuel through his whole life: quiet miracles in a small valley town, animpossible streak that carries him to NFL fame, and four words that split a nation ontoidentical t-shirts: It's not me. I just ask. But when the wife who witnessed everything falls illand heaven says no, Samuel must learn the hardest prayer of all - and when a sign comesthat the world cannot explain away, adoration turns to fear, and the man they called a saintis cast out as a fraud.Then, years later, on a wet March night, the aging dam above his hometown begins tospeak. And an old man walks against the fleeing crowd, toward the water, carrying a football- for the one kick he was born to make.A sweeping story of faith, love, unanswered prayer, and a life not lost but given - forreaders who believe the opposite of a miracle is not death. It's alone. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…