The History of Baseball Single edition by Christie Hodgen Literature Fiction eBooks
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Has anyone ever told you that baseball is more than a game, that it’s really a metaphor for life? Have you ever wondered what they meant? This story imagines the answer.
A single mother moves to Kansas City with her young daughter, and notices that everyone she meets—her new colleagues, neighbors, even the mailman—can’t stop talking about baseball. “It’s more than just a game,” they tell the mother. “It’s so much more. What you need is to come to a game and experience it.” Again and again the mother makes her excuses—she is busy with work, and parenting, and fending off her ex, who keeps drunk-texting, threatening to sue for custody—and just doesn’t have time to get out to the stadium. But baseball, it seems, won’t take no for an answer. One day a Kansas City Royals outfielder moves into the neighborhood. And things only get stranger from there…
Soon enough the mother begins to realize that her participation in America’s favorite pastime might not be optional—it might be compulsory, a mandatory part of American life. In fact, whether she keeps her daughter and her job might depend on her learning to play the game. She stalls as long as she can, until one day an unexpected confrontation with three of baseball’s official representatives—a sort of existential World Series—determines her fate.
Christie Hodgen is the author of three highly-acclaimed books of fiction, most recently "Elegies for the Brokenhearted," hailed by The New York Times Book Review as "the literary equivalent of a hand grenade." Her awards include a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, two Pushcart Prizes, and a Guggenheim Fellowship. She lives in Kansas City.
Cover design by Kristen Radtke.
The History of Baseball Single edition by Christie Hodgen Literature Fiction eBooks
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The History of Baseball Single edition by Christie Hodgen Literature Fiction eBooks Reviews
Terrible. Has nothing to do with baseball. Don't be fooled by the title.
Entertaining. Good but not great. I like her other - later - stuff even better.
This was an "odd" book
To be honest I am not all that certain I can explain it. But it was (in some part) about baseball. So it can't be all that bad. Right?!?
Cutesy but not much substance. It could have had more dialogue and more anecdotes. The dream scene in the end was bizarre.
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The story starts well, but becomes a little surreal. It's well written, but the story spiraled out of control.
A quick powerful story about life and baseball interesting at a crossroads. Found myself waiting more. Wondering about the characters, in a good way.
I really enjoyed this book and recommend it to everyone. It is humorous and insightful at the same time with honesty.
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