{"product_id":"till-the-end-cc-sabathia-9780593133750","title":"Till the End","description":"\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER - A raw, compelling memoir of baseball, family, fame, addiction, and recovery, by one of the most beloved baseball players of his generation\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Beautifully rendered . . . Readers and fans will be rooting for him to enter the Hall of Fame and rooting even harder for him to stay sober.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHow does it feel to be born with enormous gifts, in a life shadowed by tragedy? What does it mean when the gift that opens the world for us is not enough to stop us from losing the things we love? And what new gifts do we find in that loss? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBaseball had been CC Sabathia's life since he was a kid in gritty, baseball-obsessed Vallejo, California. He was a star by the time he was a preteen and a professional athlete when he was still a teenager. Everything he knew about how to be a person--an adult, a husband and father, a leader--he learned in rhythm with the baseball season, the every-fifth-day high-intensity spotlight of a starting pitcher, all while dealing with one of the sport's most turbulent eras: racism in a sport with diminishing Black presence; the era of performance-enhancing drugs; and the increasing tension between high-value contracts and sports owners who moved players around like game pieces. But his biggest struggle was with his own body and mind: Buoyed his whole life by talent and a fiery competitive spirit, CC found himself dealing with the steady and eventually alarming breakdown of his own body and his growing addiction in a world that encouraged and enabled it. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eTill the End\u003c\/i\u003e is the thrilling memoir of one of the most beloved players in the game, a veteran star of the sport's marquee team during its latest championship era. It's also a book about baseball--about the ins and outs of its most important and technical position and its evolution in this volatile era. But woven within it is the moving, universal story of resilience and mortality and discovering what matters.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e CC Sabathia, Chris Smith\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0593133757\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780593133750\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Roc Lit 101\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/06\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.22lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.50h x 6.45w x 0.95d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/24\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2021 pg. 78\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/20\/2021","brand":"CC Sabathia","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44055294705919,"sku":"9780593133750","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1eeff7db-cd93-4c50-911c-f6dd170b8763.jpg?v=1685034844","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/till-the-end-cc-sabathia-9780593133750","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}