A nostalgic story about a Minnesota boy's search for belonging in a complex world. "In this wise, witty story set in West St. Paul in the '60s, a kid named Harlan navigates life by focusing on the Twins baseball team, a comic metaphor for hope. Sport is fat with small pleasures. It is a homer and a gift to all of us grownup knothole-game kids. There's a lot to love in this quiet little book, most of all its subtle wisdom about establishing individuality and finding joy amid chaos--in short, aboutgrowing up."
- ISBN10 0312269943
- ISBN13 9780312269944
- Publish Date 13 January 2001
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 18 July 2013
- Publish Country US
- Imprint St Martin's Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 246
- Language English