The Beckoning World is set in the first quarter of the twentieth century and follows Earl Dunham. His weeks are comprised of six days mining coal, followed by Sundays playing baseball. Then one day a major-league scout happens on a game, signs Earl, and he begins a life he had no idea he could even dream.
But dreams sometimes suffer from a lovely abundance, and in Earl's case her name is Emily Marchand. They fall quickly and deeply in love, but with that love comes heartbreaking complications.
The Beckoning World gathers a cast of characters that include Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig; a huge-hearted Pullman steward offering aphoristic wisdom; and countless others, not least of which is the 1918 Spanish flu taking vivid spectral form. At the center is a relentless love that Earl and Emily are defenseless against, allied as they are "in this business of their hearts."
| ISBN: | 9781609388478 |
| Publication date: | 30th November 2022 |
| Author: | Douglas Bauer |
| Publisher: | University of Iowa Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 270 pages |
| Genres: |
Modern and Contemporary Fiction |
The Beckoning World is set in the first quarter of the twentieth century and follows Earl Dunham. His weeks are comprised of six days mining coal, followed by Sundays playing baseball.
The Beckoning World features in the following genres: Modern and Contemporary Fiction
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The Beckoning World was written by Douglas Bauer and published by University of Iowa Press
The Beckoning World has 270 pages