Has it changed and do you think the kind of community you are writing about here could exist today?ĭKG: For people who grew up in that era, there was universality to what childhood was like. HH: Could you talk about the idea of community to get us started. But just as exciting as the opportunity to give the book away, was the chance to sit and talk to Doris Kearns Goodwin, about history, baseball, the Fifties and yes, Walter O'Malley. Look for an announcement later today for the location where I will be distributing this wonderful book. The publishers and writers of the books have donated their royalties so that the book can be distributed. The givers make a proposal to the organization in advance of the night, offering a location to distribute copies of the book they have selected from a list they are provided. Every year on this night, "book givers" from World Book Night fan out to distribute half a million free paperbacks to encourage and spread the love of reading. This Wednesday night, April 23, is William Shakespeare's birthday. It seems fitting that this most local of histories is a selection for World Book Night, and a free book giveaway right here in our own neighborhood.
Since 1977 she has written books of "big" history – tales of presidential politics and "political genius," winning the Pulitzer Prize in 1995 and teaching at Harvard for 10 years. It is a book that is very different in some ways from the body of Goodwin's other work. It is also a loving portrait of a series of bonds between neighbors, friends and family all of which are nurtured by and defined within the context of baseball. Wait Till Next Year is Doris Kearns Goodwin's touching memoir of growing up in the suburbs of New York in the 1950s but it is more than that. We do not find the meaning of life by ourselves alone - we find it with another."
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