Evvie Drake starts over
Holmes, Linda
"In a small town in Maine
recently widowed Eveleth "Evvie" Drake rarely leaves her house. Everyone in town
including her best friend
Andy
thinks grief keeps her locked inside
and she doesn't correct them. In New York
Dean Tenney
former major-league pitcher and Andy's childhood friend
is struggling with a case of the "yips": he can't throw straight anymore
and he can't figure out why. An invitation from Andy to stay in Maine for a few months seems like the perfect chance to hit the reset button. When Dean moves into an apartment at the back of Evvie's house
the two make a deal: Dean won't ask about Evvie's late husband
and Evvie won't ask about Dean's baseball career. Rules
though
have a funny way of being broken--and what starts as an unexpected friendship soon turns into something more. But before they can find out what might lie ahead
they'll have to wrestle a few demons: the bonds they've broken
the plans they've changed
and the secrets they've kept. They'll need a lot of help
but in life
as in baseball
there's always a chance--right up until the last out"--
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