Nowhere to Hide: A Memoir of Football, Mental Health and Resilience by Tom Boyd

Book Description

Secondhand. Very good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges. Tail right front cover corner now protected with book tape. Interior and binding are still excellent.

Tom Boyd was an outstanding youth athlete, destined from childhood for a career in professional sports. At the age of eighteen, he joined the GWS Giants as the AFL's number 1 draft pick and was later recruited to play for the Western Bulldogs on a record $7 million contract.

In 2016, Tom was instrumental in the Bulldogs' drought-breaking Premiership win, playing arguably the greatest game of his career and helping steer the team to ultimate victory.

However, in 2019, following years of struggle with depression and anxiety, Tom decided to walk away from the AFL, leaving the fame and success of football behind him for a happier life.

Nowhere to Hide is a compelling account of what it's really like to live in the world of elite football, with all its highs and lows. It's also an honest, clear-eyed memoir of mental illness, how it crept into Tom's life and how he overcame it. Tom Boyd's story is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the true meaning of resilience. (publisher blurb)