I Never Played Catch With My Father
Author | : |
Publisher | : Falcon Creek Publishing Co. |
Total Pages | : 336 |
Release | : 2022-05-18 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780964975651 |
ISBN-13 | : 0964975653 |
Rating | : 4/5 (51 Downloads) |
Download or read book I Never Played Catch With My Father written by and published by Falcon Creek Publishing Co.. This book was released on 2022-05-18 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I Never Played Catch With My Father. From Past Oprah Guest Author and Former Pulitzer-Nominee A Story of Love, Memories, Regret, Forgiveness, and Redemption WATCH TRAILER: https://youtu.be/nyRRL7UGP7Y A successful baby boomer’s lifelong love of baseball shapes his adulthood. However, his enormous success fails to erase memories of a childhood missing a ‘heart and soul’ relationship with a father now near death. To finally close the “broken circle,” he leaves his beloved New York and catches “the last train home.” The cautionary story women, especially mothers, give to the men in their lives. . Our Willie Mays Dedication Edition was prepared and released on June 17th. On June 18th, we lost the greatest all-around baseball player ever. We honor his legacy and his humanity. Mr. Mays was and is the author's all-time favorite baseball player. He appears often in the novel's main character's life. The Power of Childhood Memories This is a life-changing story for mothers, fathers, daughters, and sons from Oprah guest author Gene Cartwright. MOTHERS BUY THIS BOOK for fathers and sons because they know this baseball story is about more than baseball. It is about time that passes all too quickly; It is about love, forgiveness, and redemption. I Never Played Catch With My Father is about love, forgiveness, and redemption. This celebrated book is about more than baseball. It is about family: mothers, daughters, fathers, and sons. It is about time that passes all too quickly; It is about love, forgiveness, and redemption. KNBR RADIO, the SF Giants Flagship Station, interviewed Gene during prime-time evening drive, the first time they had ever interviewed a novelist. (1997, after Willie Mays received a copy of I Never Played Catch With My Father, 1st Edition. Author Gene Cartwright finally played catch with his father in the front yard of his childhood home only months before his death. This novel (based on Gene's true story), is an inspiring family saga reveals that there are no insignificant events in a child's life. "When fame and fortune are not enough." A successful Texas-born man's love of baseball provides him with cherished memories of a childhood otherwise without a close heart-and-soul connection with his strict father. He learns that no amount of success and fame can purchase memories of things that never were. This surprisingly "controversial" novel led to an Oprah invitation, an unprecedented two-year coast-to-coast book tour, and numerous appearances on national and local talk shows and radio programs, including NPR, where he shared guest status with luminaries such as Dr. Drew Pinsky and others, discussing parenting. And why do so many confuse it for non-fiction? In I Never Played Catch With My Father, baseball is really a metaphor in this story that reads like non-fiction. It is an object lesson for fathers and sons, mothers and daughters, for parents and children. Author Website: https://GeneCartwrightBooks.com Join The Celebration." PLAY CATCH DAY" To Honor Willie Mays, Gene has established "Play Catch Day" (created June 15, 2024), which will be observed each year on Mr. Mays' Birthday, May 6th. See the Author's Website for more details. Play with your children. The years pass in the blink of an eye. See This Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuStnpR-VjE Author's website: GeneCartwrightBooks.com