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This is my first book by Susie Finkbeiner. THE ALL-AMERICAN was an easy five out of five stars. What a slice of Americana—the good and ugly. Baseball, multi-features at the cinema, Communism, and a family that ran the bases of life with passion.
Set in the 1950s, Finkbeiner captured the last grip of an age of innocence as fear and hubris sought to loosen its grasp. With this juxtaposition, she brought a page-turning, exquisitely written story. I laughed out loud as much as shed tears.
The story fo ...more
Set in the 1950s, Finkbeiner captured the last grip of an age of innocence as fear and hubris sought to loosen its grasp. With this juxtaposition, she brought a page-turning, exquisitely written story. I laughed out loud as much as shed tears.
The story fo ...more
The All American pass time, baseball, and Susie Finkbeiner, has gifted us with a page turner, and you won't be able to put this one down!
We meet the Harding family, Bertha, Flossie and Chipper, siblings living in the Detroit Michigan suburbs during the early 1950's. This is a period of rebirth after the war, but it is also the time of McCarthyism!
This story is told by the sisters, one in love with and good at baseball, the other loves books and is always reading! Their teenage years, and how acc ...more
We meet the Harding family, Bertha, Flossie and Chipper, siblings living in the Detroit Michigan suburbs during the early 1950's. This is a period of rebirth after the war, but it is also the time of McCarthyism!
This story is told by the sisters, one in love with and good at baseball, the other loves books and is always reading! Their teenage years, and how acc ...more
An amazing, entertaining and fun story. I enjoy reading novels with some history included. This one was very good.
Oct 22, 2022
Jolee
marked it as to-read
Mar 19, 2023
Becca Kinzer
marked it as to-read
