Through the Seams: Baseball Inspired Poetry

ISBN: 1432764799

Author: Anderson, Eileen C

Condition: New

From the Author Baseball has always been an inspiring force in my life. I've been a Red Sox fan and follower of the game from an early age. A win for the home team always made a good day great, and a loss - well, as in life, it's some of the tough stuff we all have to deal with. Losses were made easier to bear by venting with fellow fans experiencing the same emotions. So it goes in life - having friends and loved ones for support mitigates sorrow and makes joy euphoric. I view life as a series of seasons; my hope is that each reader connects in some measure with the shared common life experiences and personal observations detailed in Through The Seams. Product Description THROUGH THE SEAMSHow does celebrating friendship, raising children, dealing with loneliness, experiencing loss, conquering fear, and being in love all relate to baseball? In Through The Seams, a steadfast fan discovers life's greatest moments, challenges, risks and rewards have much in common with our homegrown American sport. Drawing inspiration from the field, baseball moments, images, and rivalries are poetically personified as the spirit of the game is infused into expressions of animated verse. Being a baseball fan is not essential (though it helps!) to enjoy this unique perspective as seen through the sports lens of a wife, mother and friend. From the Inside Flap Author Eileen C. Anderson relates commonly shared life experiences of parenting, friendship, fanhood and their many inevitable parallel peaks and valleys of emotion within the framework of baseball.  Through The Seams as a tribute to her favorite sport, and how its purpose and meaning have become a tool for her to articulate truths and reflections of her own life. She dedicates this book to her family and friends to whom she attributes her many life successes, as well as other baseball fans with whom she shares her baseball spirit. From the Back Cover                                                                 My "Buck a Book" commitment:           For every book sold, a $1 donation will be                made to causelife.org, an international organization dedicated                 to providing life saving water to at-risk populations                                   About the Author Eileen Anderson grew up in Providence RI where her passion for baseball and the Red Sox was born.  Through The Seams is her first full length publication. In addition to reading and penning baseball lit, she enjoys writing about her global travels as well as gardening, dancing, volunteering, decorating and hikingthe Virginia Blue Ridge.  The mother of three grown children, Eileen and herhusband Eric now live in North Carolina with their cat, Tiger and puppydog, Cooper (named after Cooperstown, of course!)