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OverviewMichael Rosen's seven-year-old son Ripton one day decided to join a pick-up game of baseball with some older kids in the park. At the end of the game Ripton asked his new friends if they wanted to come back to his house for snacks and Nintendo. Over time, five of the boys - all black and Hispanic, from the impoverished neighborhood across the park - became a fixture in the Rosens' home and eventually started referring to Michael and his wife Leslie as their parents. The boys began to see the Rosens as more than just an arcade of middle-class creature comforts; the Rosens began to learn the full stories of the boys' fractured lives. Soon Michael and Leslie decided that their responsibility, like that of parents everywhere, was to help all their boys get a start in life. So began a turbulent learning experience all round, beautifully and movingly depicted in What Else But Home. It's a quest to escape the previously inevitable, a test of the resilience of a newly assembled family, a love story unlike any other, and a celebration of the fact that, whatever our differences, baseball and commitment can help us bridge them Full Product DetailsAuthor: Michael RosenPublisher: ReadHowYouWant Imprint: ReadHowYouWant Edition: Large Print 16 pt Dimensions: Width: 17.80cm , Height: 3.70cm , Length: 25.40cm Weight: 1.205kg ISBN: 9781458765635ISBN 10: 1458765636 Pages: 706 Publication Date: 02 March 2010 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Inactive Availability: In Print Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |