A Season with Mom, Katie Russell Newland
A Season with Mom, Katie Russell Newland
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A Season with Mom
Love, Loss, and the Ultimate Baseball Adventure

Author: Katie Russell Newland

Narrator: Katie Russell Newland, Gabe Wicks

Unabridged: 4 hr 12 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Harper Horizon

Published: 04/06/2021

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included

Synopsis

Whether you’ve put your dreams on hold, recovering from your own illness or lost someone you care about, discover how to jumpstart your next amazing season in life through this heartfelt, relatable memoir.After surviving both Hodgkin’s lymphoma and melanoma, sports enthusiast Katie Russell Newland knows the struggles of overcoming challenges both on and off the field.This book offers readers an intimate, true story about the bond shared between a mother and daughter, a road trip to all 30 Major League Baseball (MLB) parks, and the importance of relishing every joy and struggle along the way.A Season with Mom is highly recommended for:mothers and daughterscancer survivorsbaseball and sports fans of all agesanyone who has experienced loss, and maybe found love along the wayJoin Katie as she travels more than 30,000 miles to all 30 MLB parks in a single season, a rare feat covered by ESPN. Along with black-and-white photographs, Katie shares letters written to her mom, who died of cancer before the two of them could go on this adventure of a lifetime together.A Season with Mom reminds readers that in life, as in baseball, sometimes you strike out, but sometimes you hit home runs. Even if the wait is longer than you’d hoped, dreams can come true.

About Katie Russell Newland

Katie Russell Newland is a writer and sports enthusiast with a PhD in language and literacy from the University of Texas at Austin. A survivor of both Hodgkin’s lymphoma and melanoma, she is now in remission and lives with her family in Austin, Texas. When she’s not watching sports or her favorite teams play (Chicago Cubs, New Orleans Saints, and Texas Longhorns), she can be found attending a music festival, hosting a board game night, or playing pickleball.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jamie on April 20, 2021

Such a heartwarming (and at times, heartbreaking) memoir of a young woman discovering who she is by exploring who her mother was and the love they shared as she travelled to every MLB ballpark in a single season - an adventure she had planned with her mom before she passed away from cancer. Katie, h......more

Goodreads review by Michele on April 19, 2021

I loved this book! A great adventure that many dream of doing but few have ever done and certainly not in one season. But the best part of this journey is not what each park offers (it’s fun to hear about the big mitt at SafeCo or the Monster at Fenway but it’s even better to see how Katie saw a les......more

Goodreads review by Donna on December 17, 2020

Thank you to NetGalley, the author, and the publisher for providing me with a digital copy of this book prior to publication in exchange for my review. A Season With Mom, Love, Loss, and the Ultimate Baseball Adventure by Katie Russell Newland is a gem of a book. Born fifth out of six children to a......more

Goodreads review by Sierra on July 27, 2022

oh my goodness. I highly recommend this book for everyone to read- baseball fan or not, this book walks you through an amazing journey of a woman trying to understand her mother better and form a deeper connection with her, despite her passing. Any description I write simply won’t do this book justi......more

Goodreads review by Zibby on August 29, 2021

"A Season with Mom" is a memoir shown through photographs and letters about the author's journey to see all thirty Major League baseball parks in one season. She wrote thirty letters to her late mother - one letter for each ballpark. The author and her mom had had a dream to see all thirty Major Lea......more

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