Shoeless Joe

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Shoeless Joe by W.P. Kinsella is unapologetic in taking a “Pollyanna-ish” approach to the world.  Despite struggles, things work out the way they should, even in death.  The good guys win, and even the bad guys eventually come around. 

Shoeless Joe is a story about kindness, faith and family.  It paints a world as you might wish it to be.

It’s also a ghost story, a story about time travel, and an off-the-wall adventure story.  It doesn’t bother to tell you how these things happen.  And you’re left to surmise why these things happen.  But it’s easy to immerse yourself if you want.  It’s pure escapism. 

Kinsella’s comfortable style and standard vocabulary make this a relaxed read. 

If you love baseball, you may like this book.  Or if you’re a romantic at heart, you may like this book.  But if you are a baseball romantic, you will love this book.

I love this book.

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Quotes

Writers are magicians.  They write down words, and, if they’re good, you believe what they write is real, just as you believe a good magician has pulled the coins from your ear, or made his assistant disappear.  But the words on the page have no connection to the person who wrote them.  Writers live other people’s lives for them.

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