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Wait till Next Year : A Memoir by Doris Kearns Goodwin (1997, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherSimon & Schuster
ISBN-100684824892
ISBN-139780684824895
eBay Product ID (ePID)666462
Product Key Features
Book TitleWait Till Next Year : a Memoir
Number of Pages272 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1997
TopicBaseball / History, Baseball / General, General, Historical
IllustratorYes
GenreSports & Recreation, Biography & Autobiography
AuthorDoris Kearns Goodwin
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.8 in
Item Weight18.8 Oz
Item Length9.2 in
Item Width6.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN97-039766
Dewey Edition21
Dewey Decimal796.357/092 B
SynopsisWait Till Next Year is the story of a young girl growing up in the suburbs of New York in the 1950s, when owning a single-family home on a tree-lined street meant the realization of dreams, when everyone knew everyone else on the block, and the children gathered in the streets to play from sunup to sundown. The neighborhood was equally divided among Dodger, Giant, and Yankee fans, and the corner stores were the scenes of fierce and affectionate rivalries. We meet the people who influenced Goodwin's early life: her father, who emerged from a traumatic childhood without a trace of self-pity or rancor and who taught his daughter early on that she should say whatever she thought and should bring her voice into any conversation at any time; her mother, whose heart problems left her with the arteries of a seventy-year-old when she was only in her thirties and whose love of books allowed her to break the boundaries of the narrow world to which she was confined by her chronic illness; her two older sisters; her friends on the block; the local storekeepers; her school friends and teachers. This is also the story of a girlhood in which the great religious festivals of the Catholic church and the seasonal imperatives of baseball combined to produce a passionate love of history, ceremony, and ritual. It is the story of growing up in what seemed on the surface a more innocent era until one recalls the terror of polio, the paranoia of McCarthyism reflected even in the children's games, the obsession with A-bomb drills in school, and the ugly face of racial prejudice. It was a time whose relative tranquillity contained the seeds of the turbulent decade of the sixties.
LC Classification NumberGV875.B7G66 1997
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- 02 Sep, 2022
I will read it again.
No cons. For me, it brought back memories of growing up in a city with three great teams and rivalries and how we argued over who was the best center fielder, Mays, Mantle or Snyder. It wasn't all about baseball but a way of life for a country coming out of a world war. I read it in two days.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 04 Jun, 2025
Heartwarming and timely for me personally.
It was therapeutic for me to deal with my brother's recent passing. He had a similar bond with our father over baseball. It reminded me of so many features of life in the 1950's.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 15 Jul, 2025
Loved this book
Such a great memoir about growing up in the 50’s as a baseball fan. Loved it!Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 22 Jun, 2021
Baseball in the 1950's and the life then.
The bookt takes me back to the 1950's and I learned more about baseball ando other topics ofthe era.. It is very well written.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 30 Apr, 2020
easy reading
very well writtenVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 20 Apr, 2024
Great book. Thx.
Great book. Thx.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 04 May, 2024
all good, thank you
all good, thank youVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
