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Product DescriptionThe Elements of Hitting is an often haunting and occasionally beautiful story of mans attempt to rebuild his life with two strikes against him. Chris Bohjalian, Washington Post Book WorldLeave it to a gifted author like Jones to write a baseball book that breaks the mold. Michael Griffin, Orlando SentinelJones delivers in spades. Chicago TribuneWalter Innis, son of a frustrated and violent fallen baseball star and a tragically unhappy woman driven to infidelity, carries his familys legacy of torment into his own adult life with disastrous results. Unable to let go of a childhood trapped between his fathers violence and his mothers secret love affair, Walter has lost his own wife and job. When local hotshot and former employee of his mother, Henry Truxton III, announces his race for senate, Innis hatches a scheme to vindicate his mothers mysterious death and his fathers valueless life. If it works, he might just get rich in the bargain. In the meantime, Innis takes a job coaching a hopeless Little League team, where his fathers lessons for the elements of hitting come in handy. Ultimately, it is as a Little League coach that Walter discovers a route to happiness and hope beyond the reach of the past.ReviewJones delivers in spades. Chicago TribuneJones is an evocative writer. WinstonSalem Journal[Jones is]. . . the leading contemporary author of country noir. BooklistAbout the AuthorMatthew F. Jones is the author of Deepwater. He was born in Boston and raised rural New York. He has written the novels, A Single Shot, Blind Pursuit, and Cooter Farm, all of them critically acclaimed. He lives with his family in Charlottesville, Virginia.From The Washington PostThe Elements of Hitting approaches issues more important than keeping ones eye on the ball and taking a level swing: the nature of forgiveness, the importance of selfrespect, the many faces of love. At its core... [it] is an often haunting and occasionally beautiful story of mans attempt to rebuild his life with two strikes against him.
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