The heart of Friday Night Lights meets the emotional resonance and nostalgia of My So-Called Life in this moving debut novel about tradition family love and football.
As the high school football coach in his small rural Maryland town Dean is a hero who reorganized the athletic program and brought the state championship to the community. When he married Nicole the beloved town sweetheart he seemed to have it all—until his troubled wife committed suicide. Now everything Dean thought he knew is thrown off kilter as Nicole's death forces him to re-evaluate all of his relationships including those with his team and his three children.
Dean's eleven-year old son Robbie is withdrawing at home and running away from school. Bry who is only eight is struggling to understand his mother's untimely death and his place in the family. Eighteen-year-old Stephanie a freshman at Swarthmore is torn between her new identity as a rebellious and sophisticated college student her responsibility towards her brothers and reeling from missing her mother.
As Dean struggles to continue to lead his team to victory in light of his overwhelming personal loss he must fix his fractured family—and himself. When a new family emergency arises Dean discovers that he'll never view the world in the same way again.
Transporting readers to the heart of small town America Home Field is an unforgettable poignant story about the pull of the past and the power of forgiveness.
A HarperAudio production.
