When the Sparrow Sings

By Jason Linden

Zack Hiatt is the best pitcher on maybe the best team in baseball, and he is going to the World Series. Zack's arrival on the big stage is the culmination of his father's dream as much as his own, and Zack has the scars to prove it. But before he can even throw a pitch in the Series, his father dies in a tragic car accident. The first question-whether or not to pitch-isn't even a question. He has to pitch. The world demands it of him. And so does he. What follows is a story about trying to hold it together when you shouldn't have to and about the memories our parents leave with us when they're gone. Praise for the book: "Baseball fiction is hard. Well, all fiction is hard, but baseball fiction is particularly so because the game is so hard to capture. What makes Jason Linden's When the Sparrow Sings so compelling is that it is easy to forget that it is fiction. The baseball feels authentic and close and-like the real thing-so fleeting." - Joe Posnanski, national columnist for NBC Sports

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 150339865X
• ISBN13: 9781503398658
• Release Date: December 2014
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 226 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.0" x 0.5" x 5.0"