Pat Conroy tells the story using flashbacks going back to his rough childhood where he remembers growing up with a tough father. He describes one memory when his mother tried to stab his father with a butcher knife and his father backhanded her and started laughing. The book also deals with the team's experience of losing.
Pat Conroy narrates the story through flashbacks, revisiting his difficult childhood, where he recalls a traumatic event involving his mother trying to attack his father with a knife and his father responding with violence. The book also delves into the team's struggles with loss.