{"product_id":"the-art-of-fielding-9780316126694","title":"The Art of Fielding","description":"\u003cb\u003eA disastrous error on the field sends five lives into a tailspin in this widely acclaimed tale about love, life, and baseball, praised by the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e as \"wonderful...a novel that is every bit as entertaining as it is affecting.\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Named one of the year's best books by the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, NPR, \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eChristian Science Monitor\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBloomberg\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eKansas City Star\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRichmond Times-Dispatch\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eTime Out New York\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/b\u003e At Westish College, a small school on the shore of Lake Michigan, baseball star Henry Skrimshander seems destined for big league stardom. But when a routine throw goes disastrously off course, the fates of five people are upended.\u003cbr\u003e Henry's fight against self-doubt threatens to ruin his future. College president Guert Affenlight, a longtime bachelor, has fallen unexpectedly and helplessly in love. Owen Dunne, Henry's gay roommate and teammate, becomes caught up in a dangerous affair. Mike Schwartz, the Harpooners' team captain and Henry's best friend, realizes he has guided Henry's career at the expense of his own. And Pella Affenlight, Guert's daughter, returns to Westish after escaping an ill-fated marriage, determined to start a new life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e As the season counts down to its climactic final game, these five are forced to confront their deepest hopes, anxieties, and secrets. In the process they forge new bonds, and help one another find their true paths. 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