Back in the Game (Hardcover)

from ORTeacher

Back in the Game quickly grabbed my attention and held it the entire book. I felt empathy for Stanley and his travails as he starts teaching in a small town in Iowa and encounters various dating situations as he tries to settle into a new life. The book reads quickly and is entertaining but is qu...

from zmagic69

This was the perfect type of book to read in the summer. The story was light and fun and a very quick read. It is the story of a man named Stanley Mercer would can seem to find his place in the 21st century, after riding his dream to be a pro baseball player as far as he could resorting to playin...

from briannad84

I really enjoyed this book! It had a nice small-town midwestern feel to it (takes place in Iowa) and reminded me alot of where I currently live. Meth is problem here in Missouri too unfortunately. It didn't focus too much on baseball which I liked, but I wish he would have been able to keep his t...

from Illiniguy71

The plot concerns an unmarried adult man who has been out in the world for some years and who, in need of a job, takes a public school teaching position in a small town in southern Iowa. Having grown up in Chicago and having been a professional athlete in Europe, he looks forward to bucolic peace...

from mojomomma

I really enjoyed this book, it is very true to small-town Iowa life. The main character is a washed up semi-pro baseball player who ends up teaching in a small-town Iowa school because nothing better comes up, and he only had to lie on the form about the fact that he hadn't QUITE earned his bache...