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Bleachers: Fifty-Four Linked Fictions
Bleachers: Fifty-Four Linked Fictions | Joseph Mills
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In Bleachers, the debut short fiction collection by award-winning poet Joseph Mills, fifty-four stories take place during two youth soccer games, capturing the thoughts, concerns, realizations, and perspectives of the parents on the sidelines and in the stands. As these spectators watch (or don't watch) the players on the field, their narratives interweave to form a portrait of community and of parenting--always unpredictable, often complicated, and rarely what it seems. From A to Z ("Aging" to "Zidane"), Bleachers can be read as a primer on parenting and family, as well as a paean to sports. If, as Dr. King said, Sunday morning is the most segregated hour in America, then Saturday morning may be the most integrated as families gather to experience the victories and losses, both great and small, of the game that brings them together, "forming, then breaking apart, then reforming . . . . temporarily cohering" as a team.
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A quick update on my goals for #endofsummerreadathon in case you can‘t read my scrawl - I finished A Year in Provence and started Bleachers and Under My Mother‘s Feet. I am almost finish with The Bookwoman‘s Daughter as well. It was a library hold that came in.

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These are tales (too short even to be short stories) of parenting told from the perspective of parents watching a pre-teen soccer match. It‘s the kind of character studies one might do to amuse oneself in a crowd at a boring event. Most are 2 pages long, & give a glimpse into the lives of others who are struggling like you, and yet, not like you. Well-written, but manageable with my current attention span. #bookspin @TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Great review! And what a kind of random idea for a book! 4y
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I met this author last fall at a book festival and hadn‘t gotten around to it yet. Now it‘s my #bookspin book for April. @TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 4y
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