Balls - Softcover

Bechard, Gorman

Softcover

ISBN 10: 153694811X ISBN 13: 9781536948110

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2016

Synopsis

Louise "Balls" Gehrig is ready for the major leagues, but is baseball ready for her? In the not-so-distant past, baseball was changing dramatically. An ex-Vice President was the new commissioner, the Yankees have moved to New Jersey, and the Supreme Court has ruled that women can play in the major leagues. Enter Louise "Balls" Gehrig, sporting baby blue eyes and a smile that can steal a heart almost as quickly as she can steal a base. As first baseperson for the expansion Manhattan Meteorites, she's about to break baseball's gender barrier and change America's pastime forever. But from the moment Louise enters the spotlight, trouble follows: Fans want to marry her - or kill her. The press can't decide if she's revolu­tionizing the game - or ruining it. Some players won't play with her - and some won't play against her. And to really complicate matters, her mom is having an affair with the catcher, she and a rival pitcher have become an item, and every day some psycho sends her an even more violent death threat. Whether or not Louise can make it through the season, Balls delivers big-league entertainment. Loaded with wit and social satire, this wonderfully fresh and original novel blends suspense, romance, and excite­ment into one grand slam.

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About the Author

Gorman Bechard is the director of 14 feature films including The Replacements documentary Color Me Obsessed, the Grant Hart (of Hüsker Dü) documentary Every Everything, the animal-rights film A Dog Named Gucci, the dark sexual dramas You Are Alone and Broken Side of Time, and the cult horror comedy Psychos in Love. He has just completed his 4th rock doc Who is Lydia Loveless? and is in post-production on the epic pizza documentary Pizza, A Love Story and a film about a devastating case of LGBT bullying called Normal Valid Lives. He has written 6 novels, including the religious satire The Second Greatest Story Ever Told and the thriller Ninth Square, and is just completing his newest, Let It Be. He lives in the pizza capital of the world, New Haven, CT, with his wife Kristine, and their dogs Springsteen and Dylan.

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 153694811X
• ISBN 13: 9781536948110
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 380