About this book
Summary
Where the Ball Learns to Breathe is a narrative nonfiction audiobook that explores football in Brazil as lived culture, memory, and identity rather than mere sport. Moving from crowded streets and beaches to historic clubs, global journeys, and the weight of the yellow national shirt, the book blends history with intimate observation and personal voice. It examines joy, pressure, inequality, migration, and renewal, showing how Brazilian football is shaped by people, places, and contradictions. Told with concrete detail and human warmth, this audiobook invites listeners to understand why football in Brazil is not just played, but felt, argued over, carried across borders, and continually reborn.Book information
Genre
Poetry, Literary Classics
Length
48 mins
Publish date
Jan 28, 2026
Language
English
About the Author
Sharon Ely
Table of Contents
1Chapter 1
4Chapter 4
2Chapter 2
5Chapter 5
3Chapter 3
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