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Jul 05, 2022patcarstensen rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
The pictures bring back memories -- cute little white socks for girls, for example.
May 22, 2022mountaininabottle rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Despite the title, the back cover blurb, and the introduction, this is not a book about baseball. It is a straight ahead memoir of a rather unremarkable suburban childhood in the fifties. If the author were not such a good writer, I would…
Apr 09, 2009hadley rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
A charming memoir about growing up a fan of the perpetual underdog Brooklyn Dodgers, by a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian. Although ostensibly about Brooklyn neighbourhoods, baseball and her relationship with her father, her story is told…