Wait Till Next Year

A Memoir

By: Doris Kearns Goodwin

Narrated by: Doris Kearns Goodwin

By the award-winning author of Team of Rivals and The Bully Pulpit, Wait Till Next Year is Doris Kearns Goodwin’s touching memoir of growing up in love with her family and baseball.

Set in the suburbs of New York in the 1950s, Wait Till Next Year re-creates the postwar era, when the corner store was a place to share stories and neighborhoods were equally divided between Dodger, Giant, and Yankee fans.

We meet the people who most influenced Goodwin’s early life: her mother, who taught her the joy of books but whose debilitating illness left her housebound: and her father, who taught her the joy of baseball and to root for the Dodgers of Jackie Robinson, Roy Campanella, Pee Wee Reese, Duke Snider, and Gil Hodges. Most important, Goodwin describes with eloquence how the Dodgers’ leaving Brooklyn in 1957, and the death of her mother soon after, marked both the end of an era and, for her, the end of childhood.©1997 by Blithedale Productions Inc. All Rights Reserved, including the right of reproduction in whole or in part in any form; (P)1997 Simon and Schuster Inc. All Rights Reserved

Wait Til Next Year

Great story, especially if you loved baseball as a kid.

Outstanding book, even if...

baseball hasn't claimed you. Listen to this book and then buy a copy to share with friends. They will appreciate it.

I love the way she writes.

One of my favorite writers. This coming of age story is quick and captivating…maybe because it’s about our national pastime? DKG seems so genuine…and what an interesting life she has led. ENJOY! You’ll be sorry it’s by its innocence inspire of very difficult life events faced by her family and friends…

Loved that Kearns Goodwin read her book.

Loved the nostalgia of the 50’s and 60’s. I was one of them.

Enjoyable family who loved baseball. Great story

Wanted this to continue. Enjoyed a great Father and daughter love for baseball. Also enjoyed the family dynamics. Well written book of love and tragedy.