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A Memoir of Family, Food, and Baseball
Scribner
May 2006
304 pages
ISBN: 0743232682
Hardcover
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Molly O'Neill's father believed that baseball was his
family's destiny. He wanted to spawn enough sons for an
infield, so he married the tallest woman in Columbus, Ohio.
Molly came out first, but eventually her father's plan
prevailed. Five boys followed in rapid succession and the
youngest, Paul O'Neill, did, in fact, grow up to be the star
right fielder for the New York Yankees. In Mostly True,
celebrated food critic and writer O'Neill tells the story of
her quintessentially American family and the places where
they come together -- around the table and on the ball field. Molly's great-grandfather played on one of the earliest
traveling teams in organized baseball, her grandfather
played barnstorming ball, and her father pitched in the
minor leagues, but after being sidelined with an injury in
the war, he set his sights on the next generation. While her
brothers raged and struggled to become their own men, Molly,
appointed "Deputy Mom" at an age when most girls were
playing with dolls, learned early how to be the model
Midwestern homemaker and began casting about wildly for
other possible destinies. As her mother cleaned fanatically
and produced elaborate, healthy meals, Molly spoiled her
bro-thers with skyscraper cakes, scribbled reams of poetry,
and staged theatrical productions in the backyard. By the
late 1960s, the Woodstock Nation had challenged some of the
O'Neill values, but nothing altered their conviction that
only remarkable achievement could save them. Mostly True is the uncommon chronicle of a regular family
pursuing the American dream and of one girl's quest to find
her place in a world built for boys. Molly O'Neill -- an
independent, extraordinarily talented, and fiercely funny
woman -- showed that home runs can be hit in many fields.
Her memoir is glorious.
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