Overview
NPR's Scott Simon's personal, heartfelt reflections on his beloved Chicago Cubs, replete with club lore, memorable anecdotes, frenetic fandom and wise and adoring intimacy that have made the world champion Cubbies baseball's most tortured--and now triumphant--franchise. Heartbreak and hope. Charmed and haunted. My Cubs is Scott Simon's love letter to his Chicago Cubs, World Series winners for the first time in over a century. Replete with personal reflections, club lore, memorable anecdotes, and tales of frenetic fandom, My Cubs recounts the franchise's pivotal moments with the wise and adoring intimacy of a long-suffering devotee and Chicago native. Simon illustrates how the condition of Cubness has defined the life of so many Chicagoans and how the team's fortunes became intertwined with the aspirations of its faithful. With the curse finally broken on November 2, 2016, My Cubs is the perfect portrayal of paradise lost and found.
Full Product Details
Author: Scott Simon ,
Scott Simon
Publisher: Books on Tape
Imprint: Books on Tape
Edition: Bot Exclusive ed.
Dimensions:
Width: 17.00cm
, Height: 2.30cm
, Length: 15.00cm
Weight: 0.181kg
ISBN: 9780525497127
ISBN 10: 0525497129
Publication Date: 11 April 2017
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Audio
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Reviews
Scott Simon's My Cubs: A Love Story provides the emotional 108-year backstory. He lays out the context of suffering, of losses, of communal connections and religious devotion....His view -- the fan's perspective -- is no doubt crucial to understanding the significance of last year's World Series. -Rick Maese, The Washington Post [My Cubs] reads more like a memoir or a journal of sorts, at times wistfully cathartic and at others joyously nostalgic. -Cubs Insider The author is a solid stylist, and his descriptions of Cubs' players, managers, and owners resonate, as do his anecdotes about his wife and daughters as they try to understand his mania. - Kirkus Reviews A short and heartfelt memoir about his lifelong love for the Chicago Cubs...Simon gives readers a wonderful look at how a Cubs fan--indeed, any devoted fan of any team--has a feeling of 'love, not loyalty.' -Publishers Weekly A brisk, sweet romp through Cubs history to the glorious present. -BookPage
Author Information
Scott Simon is the host of NPR's Weekend Edition with Scott Simon. He has reported stories from all fifty states and every continent, and has won every major award in broadcasting. He is also a special contributor to CBS Sunday Morning and is the author of several books, including the novels Pretty Birds and Windy City, and the memoir Unforgettable. He used to list his hobbies as including, bleeding for the Chicago Cubs, but no more.
