{"product_id":"making-it-home-teresa-strasser-9780593546086","title":"Making It Home: Life Lessons from a Season of Little League","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"This is a story about a team that becomes a family and a family that becomes a team. . . a wonderful book .\" -- Cal Ripken, Jr. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A MUST READ!\"--USA TODAY (\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF 2023)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAn achingly heartfelt and surprisingly funny memoir about family, grief, and moving forward.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e When her brother dies from cancer, and then her mother just four months later, Teresa Strasser has no one to mourn with but her irresponsible, cantankerous, trailerpark-dwelling father. He claims not to remember her chaotic childhood, but he's a devoted grandpa, so as her son embarks on his first season pitching in Little League, Teresa and Nelson form a grief group of two in beach chairs lined up behind the first base line. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e There are no therapeutically trained facilitators and no rules other than those dictated by the Little League of America, and the human heart. For Teresa and her father, the stages of grief are the draft, the regular season, and the playoffs. One season of baseball becomes the framework for a memoir about family, loss, and the fundamentals of baseball and life. They cheer, talk smack about other teams, scream at each other in the parking lot, and care\u003ci\u003e way too much \u003c\/i\u003eabout Little League. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eMaking It Home\u003c\/i\u003e is a bracingly honest journey through grief, self-doubt, and anxiety armed with humor and optimism. After all, America's pastime may be just a game, but it always leaves room for redemption, even at the bottom of the lineup.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Teresa Strasser\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0593546083\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780593546086\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Berkley Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/06\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.63lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.03h x 5.35w x 0.96d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/15\/2023","brand":"Teresa Strasser","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44072442757375,"sku":"9780593546086","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_507a7d0c-fcd3-4c4b-ad3e-5fa0bb55f0d5.jpg?v=1685441995","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/making-it-home-teresa-strasser-9780593546086","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}