Our George
A Family Member

By Barbara Best
with Lindy McDowell
November 2007
Macmillan
Distributed by the Trans-Atlantic Publications
ISBN: 9780230530270
243 pages, Illustrated, 6 1/4" x 9 1/2"
$28.95 Hardcover

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It's a story everyone thinks they know... about the young boy from the back streets of Belfast who grew up to be the most famous footballer in the world, a legend who was the first superstar of the sport but whose troubled personal life, as much as his sporting genius, came to dominate the headlines. But Barbara and Carol, George's sisters, and Dickie, his father, know more.

"Our George" reveals for the first time the real story of George Best - as told by those who knew him best and loved him most. It's the inside story of the ordinary Belfast family whose love for, and contact with, their famous son and brother never wavered down through the years. It's the story of a family desperately helping him as he battled the illness that also claimed the life of his beloved wife and mother.

"Our George" is a searingly honest book about the influences that moulded the legend - and the demons that haunted his life. Speaking for the first time, the intensely private Best family reveals how George really felt about the people and the events that shaped his life. Barbara Best is frank in confronting George's own failings and those of some of the people who were close to him, as well as offering.

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