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Little A
June 2015
On Sale: June 16, 2015
Featuring: Blake "Xandy" Alexander
ISBN: 147782832X
EAN: 9781477828328
Kindle: B00P6TU834
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Fiction
Professional ballplayer Blake Alexander—“Xandy” to his
teammates and fans—is the starting left fielder for the
Carolina Birds of the National League South, until a severe
knee injury in Cincinnati leaves him facing a summer of rehab. Eager to occupy himself around game time, Xandy trades his
glove for an Acer-brand laptop, and each night before first
pitch, he settles into a lounger behind his borrowed Florida
house to write. What emerges from Xandy’s patio sessions is
a series of reflections on the game he loves and everything
in between—from losing streaks to bullpen phones to his
beguiling physical therapist, Jenn, who (like a third-base
coach) keeps giving him signs he can’t quite read. A winning
narrator, with an observational style honed from years spent
reading the spin on fly balls, Xandy emerges as a fresh and
memorable voice in American fiction.
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