Contemporary adult drama with fantasy elements can be a tricky combination (especially when Christmas themes or supernatural menaces aren’t involved) but when done correctly the resonating re…
Contemporary adult drama with fantasy elements can be a tricky combination but when done correctly the resonating results can be magical. Thirty years ago, that was the case witha poignant crowdpleaser about fathers and sons told in the rhythms of baseball and second chances.
ROBINSON: I’m not normally drawn to magical elements, but this book maneuvered around my defenses page after page. On page one, Ray hears the voice. Once. On page two he tells his wife he has to plow under the corn and build a baseball field so “Shoeless” Joe Jackson can come back and play again, and she lovingly agrees. I fell head-over-heels for this book right there. I’d never read characters like that, and yet they were firmly grounded in the real world.
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