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Summary: Poor Choice of Language for Little League Stories
Review: Although Mr. Dunow describes some memorable times with his son through the joy of coaching his son's Little League team, his choice of language does not fit what I would expect from a father or a coach. His use of four letter expletives certainly do not fit this type of book. I would think someone of his literary background could certainly express himself far better than street talk.
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Summary: OY VEY. this guy is an AGENT?
Review: God help those writers who Dunow is giving advice to. This is so sappy and self-serving you need a barf bag at your side while reading it. The writing is weak, the sentimentality suffocating, and the writer's self interest is way over the top. I am surprised that a publisher sunk their money in this; and I am angry at myself for blowing my own on one copy.
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Summary: The Way Home
Review: I couldn't put the book down and didn't want it to end. Henry has a very conversational writing style that grabs your heart and involves you emotionally in his wonderful memoir. I laughed and cried my way through every page. It was an incredible journey and one I plan to experience each Father's Day. Henry has a gift and I'm glad he chose to share it with us. Read this book. You will be moved.
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Summary: more hackneyed than an afterschool special
Review: If you want to experience the bond between adult and child in all of its emotional breadth, put this book down and go talk to a kid.
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Summary: two stories in one doesn't work
Review: Like Dunow I decided to coach Little League to relate better to one of my son's and to make sure he got a fair shake at developing as a baseball player. Unlike Dunow I didn't get the job the first time I applied. I found the Little League situations fascinating and related to the various players coaches, their attitudes and the situations. But it surprised me that Dunow's team improved so much without special coaching or instilling much competitiveness. I would be kind to the kids and almost never yell at them unless they weren't paying attention to the game while they were in the field. Dunow took a very gentle, kind and noncompetitive approach which worked surprisingly well. Even the problem kid Dylan came around in the end. I was very interested in the Little League story and the fact that his son Max was a baseball trivia nut, knowing everything about the Yankees and his idol Derek Jeter. I was a lot that way as a child too. But Dunow alternates chapters, with one covering how he and his seven year old son progress during the Little League season followed by a chapter covering his own childhood and his relationship to his father. I found the chapters about Little League more interesting. The switching back and forth breaks up the continuity and the two stories do not connect together very well. In the end he does do a good job of tieing his relationship with his son to his relationship to his father but the connection does not justify the style which I found disconcerting. Both stories by themselves could make for interesting books but together it doesn't work. I found myself wanting to get through the chapters about his father to get back to the chapters about his son and the Little League. Hence I only gave it 3 stars.
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Summary: Joy and Loss
Review: This is perhaps the richest, most moving and layered book I've read in years. Anyone who's shared a strong interest with their child--particularly if it is an interest that was either notably present or notably absent in your relationship with your parents--will find this book rich with wisdom and insight. Funny, moving, tender and wise, this book bridges genres as easily as it does generations, thanks to the author's deft and nimble writing. (And judging by the photos of him on the front cover and back flap, he's a hunk as well. Too bad he's married, apparently quite happily.)
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