Bright Lights of Summer edition by Lynn Ames Literature Fiction eBooks
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It's March, 1941. Captain America appears in a comic book for the very first time. New York City receives 18.1 inches of snow, its 3rd largest snowfall in history. In Holland, the Nazi occupiers forbid Jews to own businesses. In Poland, Heinrich Himmler inspects Auschwitz. World War II is raging in Europe, but America has yet to enter the fray.
And in Phoenix, Arizona, a 16-year-old scrap of a girl named Theodora "Dizzy" Hosler, takes the field to try out for the World Champion P.B.S.W. Ramblers softball team.
Set against the backdrop of perhaps the most dramatic time in US history, comes the story of Diz and Frannie, two women fueled by an unquenchable passion for the game of softball and feelings for each other that go far beyond the bounds of friendship. Will their love for the game bring them closer together or tear them apart?
Bright Lights of Summer edition by Lynn Ames Literature Fiction eBooks
OK girls, young or old(er)... Softball. Did you play? Fast pitch, slow pitch, or the dreaded (for me) arc ball? High school, college, city league, semi-pro, national? Now, remember that movie we all flocked to see about the women who played baseball while the men were away in the war?This brings me to the latest book to make it off the bench on Team Gena's-To-Be-Read-List and darned if that book didn't hit a home run. Bright Lights of Summer by Lynn Ames is fun, fun, fun. In present times, a young woman interviews an older woman (and ex-player) about the women's softball leagues of the 40s, about the women who played, and about being gay back then. As the older woman shares her story, we are taken back in time; we get to watch those games and get a up close look how life was in those days. Lynn's historical research is spot on, the fiction threaded neatly through it all. If you were a player or a fan, pick this gem up. I was thinking so much about playing, my old catcher's knees were aching.
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Bright Lights of Summer edition by Lynn Ames Literature Fiction eBooks Reviews
If you're a fan of historical romance and softball this is the book for you. This is A league of Our Own for us told in a Fried Green Tomatoes kind of way. I absolutely loved this story! It's fun to hear the women who came before us tell the story of how they lived, loved and played the game I adore. Thank you Lynn for sharing a little of yourself and Dot with us.
This book covers all bases and reminded me of the many times I have enjoyed watching or playing softball. Normally I don't like to read books that go back and forth in time, but Ames does it smoothly and blends past and present together in fine fashion.
If you love baseball you will love this novel. If you do not care for baseball you will still love this novel. It is very well written, of course you already know that if you are familiar with Lynn Ames writing and very well researched. I highly recommend this book and any other written by this author you will not be disappointed.
GREAT STORY ABOUT THE LADIES OF SOFTBALL IN THE TRUE LIGHT OF DAY. MADE ME PROUD TO HAVE EVER PLAYED SOFTBALL. MS. AMES WEAVE BETWEEN FICTION AND FACT IS SPELL BINDING . DIZ AND FANNIE COULD HAVE BEEN MY NEXT DOOR NEIGHBORS WHEN I WAS GROWING UP. BEING UNDER THE LIGHTS OF THE DIAMOND WAS OF THE MOST THRILLING THINGS IN MY CHILDHOOD. I COULD WELL RELATE TO THE SPELL OF THE GAME.
If you are any type of Baseball fan this is definitely the book for you. It is wonderfully written by Lynn Ames who not only writes great literature but does extensive research prior to releasing her books. If you liked the movie "league of their own" this will become a must read over and over again for you. I'm happy to say that two of the women depicted in Miss Ames story are still alive to attest to the authenticity of this book. I know I will read it again and again.
10 stars really--I LOVED this book! I identified so much with the ball players. The whole story and tone stayed true to the times. One really big issue I have tho--THERE HAS TO BE A SEQUEL, A CONTINUATION of this story!!! HAS to be. What happened to Dot? What happened to Frannie and Diz? How long did they play ball, then what did they do? What happened to women's softball--how much longer did it exist as it was then? How did it die, or did it just evolve into something different? Cuz there's softball and national tournaments today, but it doesn't seem the same. How hard for a woman to love another woman in earlier times. What a great story!
This was clearly a labor of love; both of women's softball and love between women. A touching romance unfolded in the form of a present day journalist interviewing one of the last survivors of the American Women's Softball League. Chapters loosely alternate between present day exchanges between these two, and the experiences of Diz (the survivor) and her lover in the early 40's. From eager young Theodora (Diz) wanting nothing more than to play softball like her sister, to meeting Frannie and all that transpires between the two, the story is a delight. The details about World War II and the WASPS, Wrigley's Professional Women's Baseball League and many other historical occurrences seemed well researched and were fascinating. I couldn't put it down and would recommend it to anyone. Fans of Ms Ames other books will be tickled to notice the nod to characters from her earlier romance novel "Eyes on the Stars".
OK girls, young or old(er)... Softball. Did you play? Fast pitch, slow pitch, or the dreaded (for me) arc ball? High school, college, city league, semi-pro, national? Now, remember that movie we all flocked to see about the women who played baseball while the men were away in the war?
This brings me to the latest book to make it off the bench on Team Gena's-To-Be-Read-List and darned if that book didn't hit a home run. Bright Lights of Summer by Lynn Ames is fun, fun, fun. In present times, a young woman interviews an older woman (and ex-player) about the women's softball leagues of the 40s, about the women who played, and about being gay back then. As the older woman shares her story, we are taken back in time; we get to watch those games and get a up close look how life was in those days. Lynn's historical research is spot on, the fiction threaded neatly through it all. If you were a player or a fan, pick this gem up. I was thinking so much about playing, my old catcher's knees were aching.
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