| Squeeze Play Contributor(s): Leavy, Jane (Author) |
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ISBN: 0060567740 ISBN-13: 9780060567743 Publisher: Harper Perennial OUR PRICE: $17.09 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2003 Annotation: 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). |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Sports - Fiction | Humorous - General - Sports & Recreation | Baseball - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2003046571 |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 5.3" W x 8" (0.75 lbs) 400 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - South Atlantic - Cultural Region - Southeast U.S. - Geographic Orientation - District of Columbia - Locality - Washington, D.C. |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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). |
Contributor Bio(s): Leavy, Jane: - 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. |