The Resisters - Grand Format

"An absolute joy... I finished The Resisters with a tear in my eye and a smile on my face. Who could ask for a better combo ? Gish Jen has written a one-of-a-kind book with great characters—especially Eleanor, who is the heart of the story—and a warm heart. Remind Ms. Jen that the great Ernie Banks said, `Hey, guys, let's play two ! ' Which is my way of saying I wouldn't mind a sequel. Probably won't happen, but a guy can hope.
P.S. This lady knows her baseball." — Stephen King, author of The Institute — "Inventive, funny, and tender, The Resisters is about family, baseball, and the future—but more than anything, it is about freedom, and it is about us—here, now." — Allegra Goodman, author of The Chalk Artist — "Can there be a dystopian novel of lightness, delicacy, and charm ? In which baseball, our subtle, determined surnmer game, is the means of resistance against the dehumanizing overlords ? In which a girl who pitches like Satchel Paige is the blue-haired hero ? Gish Jen says, Yes ! And she is right ! Where there is baseball, there is hope.
And beautiful prose, too." — Cathleen Schine, author of The Grammarians — "Brilliant ... A heartbreaking novel with the sensitivity, emotional range, and prophetic power of Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale." — Jean Kwok, author of Searching for Sylvie Lee —. "I love this novel as much as I fear the future Gish Jen has conjured in it. In this anything but brave new world, baseball is what survives and reminds us of our humanity, and a girl's golden arm forms the kernel of resistance.
What an en-chanting conceit ! Gish Jen has hit a grand slam." — Jane Leavy, author of The Big Fella : Babe Ruth and the World He Created —