McNally, John

As the 2004 presidential election approaches, the paths of teenager Jainey O'Sullivan and graduate student Charlie Wolf make an unlikely crossing when Charlie scores Jainey's standardized test essay.

Stories express the everyday aches and common cruelties of life that people endure and witness, from a wife stranding her husband on a roof, to a man sawing his kitchen into little pieces, to a man taking out his anger on a dead deer.

An anthology of short stories by contemporary authors that feature the sport of baseball.

Contains a collection of twenty-five original essays written by various people who recall some of their memories of humiliation, fear, and heartache of being a teenager.