| Battle Creek Contributor(s): Lasser, Scott (Author) |
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ISBN: 0688177638 ISBN-13: 9780688177638 Publisher: PerfectBound OUR PRICE: $16.14 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2000 Annotation: While struggling with his dying father and estranged son, the coach of an amateur baseball team pins his hopes for a championship season on a rookie hitter who wanders into town, fresh from prison. The events that unfold are unexpected and overwhelmingly powerful--and will change the men's lives forever. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.72" H x 6.06" W x 8.26" (0.69 lbs) 284 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic - Geographic Orientation - Michigan - Sex & Gender - Masculine - Cultural Region - Midwest - Cultural Region - Great Lakes |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Gil Davison is the coach of an amateur baseball team in Michigan, national finalists many times over but champions never. He has spent his adult life juggling his roles as coach to the team, father to his estranged son who has made it clear he is doing just fine without Gil, and caretaker to his disapproving father who is dying of cancer. So when a hot rookie hitter wanders into town--fresh from a stint in prison--Gil convinces himself that this season his team must win the championship, their last chance to fulfill an elusive dream. But the events that unfold are unexpected, enlightening, and overwhelmingly powerful--and will change each of these men forever. |