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Also by Philip Beard:

Swing, May 2015
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Lost in the Garden, June 2007
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Swing
Philip Beard

May 2015
On Sale: May 1, 2015
324 pages
ISBN: 0986247413
EAN: 9780986247415
Paperback
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John Kostka is three feet tall but larger than life, moving through the world on gloved hands and powerful arms as if on a set of parallel bars. Henry Graham is a ten year-old boy whose father has just left home for good. When the two meet at a downtown bus stop, all they seem to have in common is their love of the 1971 Pittsburgh Pirates. But that is enough to begin a life-long friendship that, eventually, enables both men to confront old enemies and heal old wounds. Philip Beard\'s third and most accomplished novel swings between two narratives the way John Kostka swings through life. The result is a multifaceted meditation on childhood heroes, the beauty of baseball and the power of love to heal a family in crisis.

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