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The Scarlets are hardhitting toughtalking hockey players. Theres brashToad troubled Hal and Hooters waitress Heezer. And then theres Iz. Iz has along fraught relationship with her sport. Her dad was a hockey star and hergrandfather made a rink for her as soon as she could stand. But when she leavesher grandmother behind to play for the university team she cant quite findher own place in the game. From the rowdy hilarity of the Scarlets dressingroom to a quiet reticence toward first loveand with a little beerbonging anda lot of hockey along the wayIz tries to navigate the ways loss is played outon the ice. Both fastpaced and hesitant Twenty Miles celebrates womenshockey and offers an uncompromising look at the ways in which the sport hauntsthe women who play it. «
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