The M&M Boys

By Lara Reznik

Book Overview

A tender tale of coming-of-age meets baseball heroes

In the summer of 1961 a Little League player's joy of making the All-Star team evaporates when his father, too busy with a girlfriend, misses his triumphant opening game and his mother spirals into a bed-ridden depression. Then, Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle move next door as they battle to break Babe Ruth's home run record. The three find solace in each other's triumphs, frustrations, celebrations and disappointments.

Based on historical facts, The M&M Boys explores the parallel lives of an embittered Maris and a self-destructive Mantle who live together incognito in a remote Queens apartment. Maris, a misplaced Midwesterner, gets booed by the Yankee fans who prefer Mantle, and the press pursue him mercilessly. Mantle, on the other hand, basks in New York fans approval, but a series of injuries destroy his hope of winning the competition. Marshall's friendship unearths childhood memories for both men.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1938749197
• ISBN13: 9781938749193
• Release Date: November 2014
• Publisher: Violet Crown Publishers
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.3" x 8.0"