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Bill Warrington's three children escaped their father's domineering presence long ago, but with a new diagnosis that threatens his mind and his most cherished memories, this monumentally stubborn ex-Marine is determined to patch up their differences before it's too late.
The younger Warrington's, however, have their own issues to contend with: Marcy's struggles to raise her headstrong teenage daughter on her own; Nick's ability to move on with his life after his wife's death; and Mike' egomaniacal, self-absorbed philandering that threatens his career and his own family. When all three grown siblings greet Bill's overtures with wary indifference, he improvises a scheme none of them could of foreseen: skip town with Marcy's fifteen-year-old daughter, April, whose twin ambitions to learn how to drive and to find rock stardom on the West Coast make her his perfect-and perfectly willing-abductee.
Despite his carefully crafted clues as to their whereabouts, Bill's plan to force a family reunion soon veers dangerously off course. His dementia worsens more quickly than anticipated, and April finds herself behind the wheel of his beloved Chevy Impala, dealing with situations no fifteen-year-old should have to face while gaining surprising insights into a complex family history that emerges from Bill's fragmented flights into the past. With the American heartland yielding to the Rockies, and her mother and uncles grapping with their own recollections as they scramble to find her, April's resolve to protect her grandfather-and honor his final lucid wishes for them all-culminates a tour de force of reconciliation and atonement.
Brian Dudley is living every baseball kid's dream. He is a batboy for his hometown Major League team. And he's finally seeing the game the way his big-leaguer dad sees it: from the inside.
But it's more than that for Brian. His dad loved the game so much that he chose it over Brian and his Mom. Now Brian believes his new job will finally bring them closer together. Then Hank Bishop, Brian's baseball hero, returns to the Tigers for the comeback of a lifetime, and Brian knows his summer couldn't possibly get any better. Until Hank Bishop shows his true colors...and their not so different from his dad's.
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How to be an American Housewife, by Margaret Dilloway
The Littlest Leaguer, by Syd Hoff
The Lucky Baseball Bat, by Matt Christopher
Master the Civil Service Exams, by Shannon Turlington
Resume Magic, by Susan Whitcomb
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Bill Warrington's three children escaped their father's domineering presence long ago, but with a new diagnosis that threatens his mind and his most cherished memories, this monumentally stubborn ex-Marine is determined to patch up their differences before it's too late.
The younger Warrington's, however, have their own issues to contend with: Marcy's struggles to raise her headstrong teenage daughter on her own; Nick's ability to move on with his life after his wife's death; and Mike' egomaniacal, self-absorbed philandering that threatens his career and his own family. When all three grown siblings greet Bill's overtures with wary indifference, he improvises a scheme none of them could of foreseen: skip town with Marcy's fifteen-year-old daughter, April, whose twin ambitions to learn how to drive and to find rock stardom on the West Coast make her his perfect-and perfectly willing-abductee.
Despite his carefully crafted clues as to their whereabouts, Bill's plan to force a family reunion soon veers dangerously off course. His dementia worsens more quickly than anticipated, and April finds herself behind the wheel of his beloved Chevy Impala, dealing with situations no fifteen-year-old should have to face while gaining surprising insights into a complex family history that emerges from Bill's fragmented flights into the past. With the American heartland yielding to the Rockies, and her mother and uncles grapping with their own recollections as they scramble to find her, April's resolve to protect her grandfather-and honor his final lucid wishes for them all-culminates a tour de force of reconciliation and atonement.
Brian Dudley is living every baseball kid's dream. He is a batboy for his hometown Major League team. And he's finally seeing the game the way his big-leaguer dad sees it: from the inside.
But it's more than that for Brian. His dad loved the game so much that he chose it over Brian and his Mom. Now Brian believes his new job will finally bring them closer together. Then Hank Bishop, Brian's baseball hero, returns to the Tigers for the comeback of a lifetime, and Brian knows his summer couldn't possibly get any better. Until Hank Bishop shows his true colors...and their not so different from his dad's.
DON'T FORGET THESE...............
The Big Field, by Mike Lupica
Encyclopedia of Business Letters, Faxes, and E-Mail, by Robert Bly
Guerrilla Marketing for Job Hunters, by Jay Conrad Levinson
How to be an American Housewife, by Margaret Dilloway
The Littlest Leaguer, by Syd Hoff
The Lucky Baseball Bat, by Matt Christopher
Master the Civil Service Exams, by Shannon Turlington
Resume Magic, by Susan Whitcomb
- Cfp: Twelfth Conference On Baseball In Literature And Culture
CFP: Twelfth Conference on Baseball in Literature and Culture The Twelfth Conference on Baseball in Literature and Culture, held at Middle Tennessee State University, is soliciting 1-2 page proposals for presentations to be given at the conference on...
- Cfp: Base Ball: A Journal Of The Early Game
CFP: Base Ball: A Journal of the Early Game (NOTE: Not quite librarianship...but...) Base Ball: A Journal of the Early Game is a peer-reviewed, scholarly journal to be published twice each year by McFarland. Offering the best in original research and...
- Cfp: Humor And Baseball (8/15/05; Collection)
Humor and Baseball (8/15/05; collection) Shelves and shelves have been filled with scholarly attention to baseball in American history, culture, literature, politics, etc.; and likewise, shelves and shelves have been devoted to the study of humor (in...
- New Arrivals....
Alex Miller is a criminal defense attorney and, at thirty-five, the youngest partner in one of the most powerful law firms in New York City. He's a man at the top of his game with the life he's always dreamed of, complete with a loving wife, who...
- Books, Books, And More Books....
It is called the Campus. It was secretly created under the administration of President Jack Ryan, its sole purpose to hunt down, locate, and eliminate terrorists and those who protect them, at will, without sanction or oversight. A self-sufficient entity,...