In Sunshine and in Shadow

Often humorous, sometimes sad, this is the story of Geoff Cope, a man who played cricket for Yorkshire and England, who helped to save his county club from bankruptcy and who, in recent years, has raised more than £200,000 for the Guide Dogs for the Blind Association. it is a story full of ups and downs: early success, followed by time out of the game remodelling his bowling action; a Test match hat-trick when his joy lasted barely a minute; the drama of the days that led to his joining the four-man board that rescued Yorkshire; and the diagnosis of retinitis pigmentosa, a gradual loss of eyesight that now leaves him reliant on a guide dog. The most popular of men, he remains cheerful, and in this book he talks with a warm humanity and plenty of humour about his life and about the many characters he has known. With his great gift for bringing alive the past, it is a lively and an inspiring tale.

Adesea plina de umor, uneori trista, aceasta este povestea lui Geoff Cope, un om care a jucat cricket pentru Yorkshire si Anglia, care a ajutat la salvarea clubului sau judetean de faliment si care, in ultimii ani, a strans peste 200.000 de lire sterline pentru cainii ghizi pentru Asociatia Orbilor. este o poveste plina de urcusuri si coborasuri: succes timpuriu, urmat de timpul din joc remodeland actiunea sa de bowling; un hat-trick de test match cand bucuria lui a durat abia un minut; drama din zilele care l-au condus la aderarea la consiliul de patru oameni care a salvat Yorkshire; si diagnosticul de retinita pigmentara, o pierdere treptata a vederii care il lasa acum sa se bazeze pe un caine calauzitor.