Calico Joe

Last week I read "Calico Joe" by John Grisham.  Grisham is a master of legal tales, but he is also a great fan of baseball.  "Joe" is a novel about a major league player from Arkansas who as a rookie player starts breaking all the hitting records. A parallel story is about a major league pitcher for the Mets and his family.  The pitcher is a selfish person, bad parent, bad husband and abusive when drunk.  He has anger issues.  The pitcher and the hitter are destined to meet and what happens changes many lives.

This is a story about facing one's life, about forgiveness, and about confronting demons.

An excellent story.

2012 book #7 (I actually have lost count!)