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Home and Away: Memoir of a Fan
Contributor(s): Simon, Scott (Author)

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 ISBN: 0786886528     ISBN-13: 9780786886524
Publisher: Hachette Books
OUR PRICE: $20.89  

Binding Type: Paperback
Published: June 2001
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Annotation: This memoir is the "Los Angeles Times" bestseller from the host of NPR's "Weekend Edition". A narrative that runs from childhood to adulthood, and through times of war and peace, as Scott Simon traces his life as a fan of sports, theater, politics, people and things he holds dear.
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BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Sports
- Biography & Autobiography | Editors, Journalists, Publishers
- Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs
Dewey: B
Age Level: 17-18
Grade Level: 12-13
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5" W x 8" L (0.90 lbs) 368 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - Midwest
- Geographic Orientation - Illinois
- Locality - Chicago, Illinois
- Cultural Region - Upper Midwest
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Publisher Description:
The #1 Los Angeles Times bestseller from the host of NPR's Weekend Edition--"absolutely spectacular--wise and intimate, often funny, always touching" (Scott Turow)--now in paperback,

In a beautifully written narrative that runs from childhood to adulthood through times of war and peace, Scott Simon movingly traces his life as a fan--of sports, theater, politics, and the people and things he holds dear.

Sports Illustrated columnist Ron Fimrite says of Home and Away, "Rarely do you find in books of this genre a clearer look into mysteries and confusions of childhood . . . moving and often amusing portraits . . . insights into the complex and often corrupt world of Chicago politics, the city being this book's true protagonist. There are compelling scenes from Simon's years as a war correspondent, roving reporter, and political operative . . . There is also an emotional account of Michael Jordan's last championship season with the Bulls that is a book within a book . . .

"The writing is uniformly superb. This is, in fact, a memoir of such breadth and reach it compares favorably with another book that is allegedly about the nature of sports allegiance, Frederick Exley's A Fan's Notes. And that, believe me, is saying something."
 
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