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| Eddie O’Leary is a shortstop who has been traded to the baseball team, the Robins in New York City, and he is not happy about it. He is told that he is supposed to be traded by a reporter, and Eddie loses his temper. He calls the Robins a team of bad players and losers, so when he moves to New York City, none of the players on the team is interested in talking to him. On top of all that, his baseball swing has gone to the dogs, and he can’t hit. He is in a slump. Mark Bailey is a reporter for the Chronicle in New York City, and he is being asked to ghostwrite the diaries of Eddie O’Leary. He agrees. When he researches the shortstop, he develops sympathy for the player. Mark gets that he did not want to leave his old team and that he was hurt that he was traded. When Eddie sees Mark in the locker room after a game, he is immediately intrigued. Besides not being talked to by his teammates, Eddie is queer and that causes another set of problems since he is half famous he can’t go, if he knew where to go, to find other queer people. Mark is queer too, but he is still grieving for his partner who died suddenly a year and a half ago. WE SHOULD BE SO LUCKY is a book that will have readers rooting for Eddie, Mark, and the Robins. With the backdrop of baseball, the story takes you on an emotional ride through the relationship of Eddie and Mark. It is well written, and you really come to love the characters. Mark had to stay in the background with his former partner and Eddie, being well known, knows he is going to have to do it again if they are going to be together, but he takes risks for Mark’s sake, so he is not completely in the background. WE SHOULD BE SO LUCKY is a book that is well worth reading and then worth reading again. I highly recommend this book and suggest you run out and grab a copy. Avis Yarbrough |
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YOU SHOULD BE SO LUCKY- Cat Sebastian