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Thanks to everyone who came out to the libraries in
Arlington & Stoneham to support Dan Shaughnessy and
his latest book, Senior Year.
2
nights - over 110 attendees - over 60 books sold!
From
Houghton Mifflin:
In Senior Year,
Dan Shaughnessy focuses his acclaimed sports writing
talents on his son Sam's senior year of high school,
a turning point in any young life and certainly in
the relationship between father and son. Using that
experience, Shaughnessy circles back to his own
boyhood and calls on the many sports greats he's
known over the years -- Ted Williams, Roger Clemens,
Larry Bird -- to capture that uniquely American rite
of passage that is sports.
Growing up, Dan
Shaughnessy was so baseball-obsessed that he played
games by himself and didn't even let himself win.
His son, Sam Shaughnessy, came by his own love of
sports naturally and was a natural hitter who
quickly ascended the ranks of youth sports. Now
nicknamed the 3-2 Kid for his astonishing ability to
hover between success and failure in everything he
does, Sam is finally a senior, and it's all on the
line: what college to attend; how to keep his grades
up and his head down until graduation; and whether
his final high school baseball season, which
features foul weather, a hitting slump, and a
surprising clash with a longtime coach, will end in
disappointment or triumph.
All along the way,
Dad is there, chronicling that universal experience
of putting your child out on the field -- and in the
world -- and hoping for the best. With gleaming
insight, wicked humor, and, at times, the searching
soul of an unsure father, Shaughnessy illuminates
how sports connect generations and how they help us
grow up -- and let go.
Read an excerpt from Senior Year.
To order a
signed and/or personalized hardcover of Senior
Year ($24),
email us or call 617 710-2426.
Read a complete wrap-up of the Stoneham Library
event in
The Stoneham Sun
Download and print a Haley Booksellers Senior
Year
bookmark and
postcard
Thanks to
the Robbins
Library in Arlington and the
Stoneham
Public Library for being such gracious hosts -
we look forward to returning soon with more books
and authors.
Check back soon for more
events featuring Dan Shaughnessy and Senior Year |
