Real triumph the inner growth made possible by defeat, etc. etc. etc. Human-interest figures based on Amy, Miss Lillian, etc. etc. etc. Could be big.
In "She's Got Handle: The Story of Nicole Louden's Triumph Through Inner-City Basketball" (Andrews McMeel, $26.95), Adam Zagoria follows one young player with all the attention and respect lavished on generations of male players.
Image after image shows this Italian aristocrat and consummate creature of fashion celebrating her public triumphs and her feverish inner life in pictures that were styled, lighted and sometimes even retouched by the countess herself.
He is, one can only assume, a deeply unhappy man, unfulfilled by wealth or celebrity, who hopes political triumph might finally fill the inner chasm.
If only Chairman Fuld had kept his ear close to the ground on the inner workings of his firm – both its triumphs and its mistakes.
Novak Djokovic, gathering his energy for Paris, will start favourite there in a fortnight, and Nadal, who has nine triumphs at Roland Garros to buoy his inner drive, will be a little behind him in the frame – as he was last year.
Above all, Howard Schultz ignites our inner fire by embracing and sharing his story of triumph over adversity.
The good news is once the person has triumphed over their anxiety, they develop an inner strength that the average person never gets to develop.
That's why Hollywood's latest crop of movies includes tales of good against evil (Season of the Witch), revenge (True Grit), overcoming inner demons (The King's Speech, Country Strong), and triumphing against all odds (The Fighter).
(Both involve the condensation and displacement of meanings, the representation of things by their opposites, the triumph of fallacy over logic — all to outwit the inner censor).
