02349cam a2200397 4500 612772284 TxAuBib 20190821120000.0 181029s2019||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2018051134 9780525619246 trade 0525619240 trade DLC eng DLC DLC ICrlF TxAuBib Holmes, Linda, (Radio talk show host.) Evvie Drake starts over : a novel / Linda Holmes. 1st ed. New York : Ballantine Books, [2019] 293 p. ; 25 cm. Booklist starred, April 2019. Publishers Weekly, April 2019. Kirkus Starred, March 2019. Booklist starred. Publishers Weekly. Kirkus Starred. "In a small town in Maine, recently widowed Eveleth "Evvie" Drake rarely leaves her house. Everyone in town, including her best friend, Andy, thinks grief keeps her locked inside, and she doesn't correct them. In New York, Dean Tenney, former major-league pitcher and Andy's childhood friend, is struggling with a case of the "yips": he can't throw straight anymore, and he can't figure out why. An invitation from Andy to stay in Maine for a few months seems like the perfect chance to hit the reset button. When Dean moves into an apartment at the back of Evvie's house, the two make a deal: Dean won't ask about Evvie's late husband, and Evvie won't ask about Dean's baseball career. Rules, though, have a funny way of being broken--and what starts as an unexpected friendship soon turns into something more. But before they can find out what might lie ahead, they'll have to wrestle a few demons: the bonds they've broken, the plans they've changed, and the secrets they've kept. They'll need a lot of help, but in life, as in baseball, there's always a chance--right up until the last out"--Provided by publisher. Adult Follett Library Resources. Adult. 20190821. Widows Fiction. Baseball players Fiction. FICTION / Contemporary Women. FICTION / Family Life. FICTION / Humorous. Humorous fiction. Romance fiction.