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Originally from rural Washington County, Virginia, she now lives in Brooklyn with her husband.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Sarah Jones \/ Hardcover \/ English","offer_id":47279408742557,"sku":"9781982197421","price":47.37,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_b32febdb-32fb-4fba-8c23-581de214dc94.jpg?v=1759869420"},{"product_id":"homestand-small-town-baseball-and-the-fight-for-the-soul-of-america-9780385549653","title":"Homestand: Small Town Baseball and the Fight for the Soul of America","description":"\u003cb\u003eA poignant memoir exploring small town baseball as a lens into what's right and wrong with modern America--written by an acclaimed journalist and Army Ranger who, after returning from Iraq to a painfully divided country, rediscovered its core values in the bleachers of a minor league ballpark in Batavia, New York. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Bardenwerper finds hope in the people and community around a former minor league baseball team.\"\u003ci\u003e--Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Will reveal more about the prospects for America than 100 news stories about politics, and will be a lot more fun.\"--James Fallows, bestselling co-author of \u003ci\u003eOur Towns: A 100,000-Mile Journey into the Heart of America\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat happens when a minor league team--the heart and soul of a Rust Belt town in western New York--is shut down by the billionaires who run Major League Baseball? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBatavia, New York--between Rochester and Buffalo--hosted its first professional baseball game in 1897. 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