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Wait Till Next Year
Wait Till Next Year | Doris Kearns Goodwin
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When historian Goodwin was six years old, her father taught her how to keep score for their team, the Brooklyn Dodgers, which forged a lifelong bond between father and daughter. Set in the suburbs of New York in the 1950s, Wait Till Next Year is a coming-of-age memoir in the era of Jackie Robinson, Pee Wee Reese and Duke Snider, when baseball truly was a national pastime that brought whole communities together. With her radio by her side and scorecard to hand, she recreates the postwar era, when the corner store was a place to share stories and neighborhoods were equally divided between Dodger, Giant, and Yankee fans. Weaved between the games and the seasons, Goodwin tells the story of a changing America from the lunacy of the Cold War alarm drills to McCarthy and the Rosenburg trials as well as her own loss of innocence encapsulated by her mothers death, her fathers lapse into despair and the Dodgers departure from Brooklyn in 1957 following the destruction of the iconic Ebbets Field stadium. Poignant, unsentimental and deeply eloquent, Wait Till Next Year is a profound memoir about childhood and loss, baseball, and the power of sport to bind families and heal loss and reveal as metaphor the evolving heart of a nation.
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Aims42
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This was such a beautifully written memoir as well as an ode to baseball, family and growing up. I listened to it on audio CDs and the narration was perfect 👍 Definitely a “pick” for all baseball fans as well as anyone who enjoys memoirs.

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Aims42
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The end result when your ‘non-Kindle owning, mood reader who doesn‘t know what mood she‘s in‘ friend visits the library before her summer vacation 🤓📚📚It‘s a road trip so no worries on running out of suitcase space, hence the recorded book & physical book of the same title 😁

DGRachel 😂 That reminds me of how my suitcases used to look before Kindles came out. 5mo
Aims42 @DGRachel Happy to give you a trip down memory lane ☺️🙌 I‘m glad I‘m not the only one who can‘t commit to knowing what I‘ll want to read in the future lol Gotta have options! 5mo
jlhammar Great options! 5mo
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Nebklvr
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Even if you aren‘t a fan of baseball, the sense of community and family pride portrayed in this narrative will lighten your load and bring happiness to your heart.

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Fr3NcHtOaSt
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I‘ve been waiting for this for a long time. Kindle now has your current read as a book cover screensaver. Just updated my kindle paperwhite to the lastest version and I have it. Recommend this if you own a kindle.
#kindle #update #bookcover #screensaver #currentread #finally

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Fr3NcHtOaSt
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Decided to read this as it has great reviews and was in a best of Long Island reads on my library in the Libby app.
It‘s a memoir about growing up in the 1950s in love with her family and baseball.
As a baseball being my favorite sport, I am sure this will give insight to earlier baseball years, as well as a story of Doris finding her place with baseball and growing up.
#WaitTillNextYear #DorisKearnsGoodwin

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MallenNC
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I love baseball even though as a lifelong Atlanta fan I say wait til next year a lot. (It‘s been a long time since that WS win!) I read this by presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin year ago but I remember enjoying it. It‘s about her childhood love of the Brooklyn Dodgers. #Ballgame #LitsySpringBreak

TheKidUpstairs I had no idea she'd written about baseball. Totally stacked! 4y
MallenNC @TheKidUpstairs Yes! She‘s a big fan. This was good. 4y
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Bookwormjillk
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I love this book and its acknowledgement of the role baseball can play in keeping families close.

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Bookwormjillk
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Busy day: working complete with awkward conversations, gardening, fishing with my daughter‘s Brownie troop, and almost finishing my #BFC book. Feeling much better than yesterday thankfully.

wanderinglynn Glad you‘re feeling better! And great job on your goal progress! 🙌🏻 6y
Caterina So glad you're feeling better!! Great job being active today! 👍 6y
BethM Glad you‘re feeling better! Great job! 6y
Megabooks That‘s great!! I‘m glad your health has improved!! 👍🏻👍🏻 6y
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Bookwormjillk
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I‘m struggling to get my steps today for #BFC Still need a thousand more to make my goal.

Started a re-listen of this book today and enjoying it much more than the walking 😜

wanderinglynn You can do it! 🙌🏻 6y
Jilly6183 I met Doris Kearns Goodwin at the airport once. I had no idea who she was and my husband had to tell me after lol 6y
BookwormAHN I sympathize, but you've got this 🍀 6y
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Bookwormjillk @Jilly6183 that‘s funny 😆 6y
dariazeoli Progress, not perfection. You‘ve got this! 6y
Caterina You got this! 🙌 It helps a lot to have a good book you're listening to for audiowalks! Hope it helps you get moving! 6y
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Amiable
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Reading a book about baseball doesn't quite seem to fit with the august surroundings (Sterling Library at Yale Medical School). But I'm on my lunch break, and it's hot outside. 🙂

RebelReader I listened to this on audio many years ago and loved it! Made me wish the Dodgers had never left Brooklyn! 6y
mcipher Ooh, the libraries at the medical school are so pretty! We went to the brain museum and I enjoyed poking around the library there. 6y
Amiable @mcipher, the brain museum is really cool, isn't it? 😀 @RebelReader, my dad was a huge Brooklyn Dodgers fan, and I know he'd agree with you! 6y
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Bibliotini
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LOVED this book. Check out this quote which is applicable to our time: “I would not confuse the temporary leaders of a country with the country itself.”

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Freefallinmissy
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My favorite book that features a sport #giveawaysports this is a wonderful memoir by Doris Kearns Goodwin and reminds me of watching the Red Sox with my dad growing up

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LyndseyReads
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DKG is speaking at my state university this week, so I'm reading her memoir in preparation. Can't wait to hear this presidential historian's take on current politics.

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Graciouswarriorprincess
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My free little library finds today! #freelittlelibrary #freebooks

Reviewsbylola I really loved Nickel and Dimed. 8y
Graciouswarriorprincess @Reviewsbylola me too! I was surprised to see it there. 8y
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MeganMarieWrites
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"By the time I had mastered the art of scorekeeping, a lasting bond had been forged between my father, baseball, and me." (Goodwin, pg. 13) The photo is from a few years ago on a road trip to Pittsburgh with mom and dad; we went for the weekend and got to go to all three games of the series, the Tigers were very nearly swept but it was an awesome weekend!

SusanInTiburon Love keeping score at baseball games! 8y
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MeganMarieWrites
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Oddly enough, my dad teaching me to keep score was also what cemented our relationship and my love of baseball. I keep score at every game we attend and if I ever have a question, I lean over to dad (I always make sure to sit next him) and ask him how he would score it...I love this game, and the bond I've formed with my dear dad because of it.

SusanInTiburon 💛💛💛💛 8y
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MeganMarieWrites
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For #AugustofPages today, a #uniquefact about me - I don't think I've shared it here before but, I'm a French Horn player. I've played for thirteen years, all throughout middle school and high schoo,l and now I play every Sunday morning in the church orchestra. Also, and I'm pretty sure you all know this by now, I'm a HUGE baseball fan and this Doris Goodwin book is one of my all-time favorites!

LauraBeth Wow - that's awesome!! 8y
LauraBrook I love the French horn! One of my best friends in high school played and I loved listening to her practice while I worked on color guard stuff. 📯 8y
TheSpinecrackersBookClub Awesome fact and crazy talent! 8y
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emilyesears
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DKG is my career role model, so of course I was going to read her memoir. I'm about 50% done--it's the story of her childhood on Long Island with an emphasis on her family's love for the Brooklyn Dodgers.