Vulnerable in Hearts: A Memoir of Fathers, Sons and Contract Bridge

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Sandy Balfour's father and the game of Contract Bridge were both conceived in 1925. This book spans the eight decades of Tom Balfour's life, and the same period in the epic story of Bridge's wildfire spread around the world. Part memoir, part history, part entertainment, Vulnerable in Hearts is a poignant meditation on how we communicate, why we play games, and the ways in which we love.

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Balfour's double theme works beautifully and he remembers his last conversations with his dying father, 'as they had always been, coded, cautious, and full of silences... like the bidding in bridge. * Observer *
Instructive, entertaining (very) and at times quite poignant. * The Times *
Once again I approach a Sandy Balfour book in almost total ignorance of the subject matter and once again I am drawn in, beguiled, intrigued. * Daily Mail *

Author Bio

Sandy Balfour was born in South Africa and emigrated to Britain in 1983. He is an award-winning producer and the author of Pretty Girl in Crimson Rose (8): A Memoir of Love, Exile and Crosswords and I Say Nothing (3). He has been known, on occasion, to complete entire crosswords. He lives in London.