The story starts with Pip, a young girl trying to escape her past, a negative experience of hockey and the sudden death of her sister by running away to Germany to au pair for two young boys. What if there were detailed descriptions about short corners or penalty flicks? Would I be able to keep up? Would the language be too technical? Yet coming to the book with only a small amount of hockey knowledge, I was slightly intimidated by the topic. I have worked for the museum for over a year now and have picked up some knowledge of the game. Now I should state that I am not a hockey player. Hearing the chatter was exciting I decided I had to have a read for myself. Multiple volunteers were reading – off duty! – and passing the book between them while discussing some of their thoughts. There was a certain buzz among the museum volunteers for a new book that we were selling, No Number Nine, a work of fiction based around hockey at an Olympic Games. It was complimented by a small shop selling replica historic sticks, stamps and books amongst other things. At the recent Vitality Hockey Women’s World Cup 2018 held in London, The Hockey Museum (THM) had its own exhibition in the Fan Zone at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
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