Book description
Lizzie Ware's life revolves around family, Jesus, and Baseball. But when you're a small-town Oklahoma preacher's daughter in a pre-Title IX world, following your true calling isn't going to be easy. By drawing on inspiration from the Gospels of Walt Whitman, Bill Evans, and Mickey Mantle, however, Lizzie will find…
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1 author picked Late Life as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
This gracefully written novel evoking Willa Cather's writing is a loving tale of baseball, the power of education, and agrarian life in Oklahoma.
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