Squeeze Play - A Novel

Informationen zum Autor Jane Leavy, award-winning former sportswriter and feature writer for the Washington Post , is author of the New York Times bestsellers Sandy Koufax: A Lefty's Legacy , The Last Boy: Mickey Mantle and the End of America's Childhood , and the comic novel Squeeze Play . She lives in Washington, D.C. and Truro, Massachusetts. Klappentext Inspired by the author's career as a sportswriter for the Washington Post, Squeeze Play tells the story of female reporter A. B. Berkowitz, who is assigned to cover the men of the Washington Senators -- the worst team in major league baseball. Life in the locker room shows her not just the players'…um…assets but also their all-too-human frailties. Love for the game and love for the newspaper business are the stars in this hilarious and heartbreaking novel that "will have you singing a rousing chorus of 'Take Me Out to the Locker Room'"(People). Zusammenfassung Inspired by the author's career as a sportswriter for the Washington Post! Squeeze Play tells the story of female reporter A. B. Berkowitz! who is assigned to cover the men of the Washington Senators -- the worst team in major league baseball. Life in the locker room shows her not just the players'…um…assets but also their all-too-human frailties. Love for the game and love for the newspaper business are the stars in this hilarious and heartbreaking novel that "will have you singing a rousing chorus of 'Take Me Out to the Locker Room'"(People).

About the author

Jane Leavy, award-winning former sportswriter and feature writer for the Washington Post, is author of the New York Times bestsellers Sandy Koufax: A Lefty's Legacy, The Last Boy: Mickey Mantle and the End of America's Childhood, and the comic novel Squeeze Play. She lives in Washington, D.C. and Truro, Massachusetts.

Product details

• Authors: Jane Leavy, Leavy Jane
• Publisher: Harper Perennial USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.08.2003
• EAN: 9780060567743
• ISBN: 978-0-06-056774-3
• No. of pages: 400
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 203 mm x 23 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Baseball, Romance, Relating to early adulthood, Contemporary lifestyle fiction, United States of America, USA, Anthologies: general, FICTION: Women, FICTION: Romance / General, FICTION: Romance / Contemporary, FICTION: Romance / Romantic Comedy, LITERARY COLLECTIONS: American / General, FICTION: Romance / New Adult, SPORTS & RECREATION: Baseball / General, FICTION: Sports, Modern and Contemporary romance