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Little A
June 2015
On Sale: June 16, 2015
Featuring: Blake "Xandy" Alexander
ISBN: 147782832X EAN: 9781477828328 Kindle: B00P6TU834 Hardcover / e-Book
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Professional ballplayer Blake AlexanderββXandyβ to his teammates and fansβis 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 Xandyβs patio sessions is a series of reflections on the game he loves and everything in betweenβfrom losing streaks to bullpen phones to his beguiling physical therapist, Jenn, who (like a third-base coach) keeps giving him signs he canβt 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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