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From: Eliza T. Dresang <edresang>
Date: Sat, 09 Jan 1999 21:41:29 -0500
Susan's mention of When No One Was Looking reminded me of another book with female adolescents, an unexpected tragedy, and a sports background
(volleyball I believe) -- Tell Me If Lovers Are Losers by Cynthia Voigt. It, too, is a book I read long ago and liked then. Don't know how it would hold up now.
Eliza Dresang Associate Professor FSU School of Information Studies
At 04:50 PM 1/8/99 00, Susan Knorr wrote:
(Dial, 1980). The protagonist is a tennis player whose opponent is found dead (murdered). Wells explores the psychology of competition and the desire to win-at-all-costs, but presents it through a great whodunit. Baseball plays a role in the story, too, as Kathy claims that she was at a Red Sox game at the time of the murder, but she has no ticket stub or program to support her alibi. This isn't a play-by-play type of sports book, but I think that's what makes this stand out from the obvious pattern of a lot of the sports series. Tennis and baseball happen to be Kathy's passion; readers who don't know either sport can still get caught up in the emotions of the characters and the elements of the mystery.
Received on Sat 09 Jan 1999 08:41:29 PM CST
Date: Sat, 09 Jan 1999 21:41:29 -0500
Susan's mention of When No One Was Looking reminded me of another book with female adolescents, an unexpected tragedy, and a sports background
(volleyball I believe) -- Tell Me If Lovers Are Losers by Cynthia Voigt. It, too, is a book I read long ago and liked then. Don't know how it would hold up now.
Eliza Dresang Associate Professor FSU School of Information Studies
At 04:50 PM 1/8/99 00, Susan Knorr wrote:
(Dial, 1980). The protagonist is a tennis player whose opponent is found dead (murdered). Wells explores the psychology of competition and the desire to win-at-all-costs, but presents it through a great whodunit. Baseball plays a role in the story, too, as Kathy claims that she was at a Red Sox game at the time of the murder, but she has no ticket stub or program to support her alibi. This isn't a play-by-play type of sports book, but I think that's what makes this stand out from the obvious pattern of a lot of the sports series. Tennis and baseball happen to be Kathy's passion; readers who don't know either sport can still get caught up in the emotions of the characters and the elements of the mystery.
Received on Sat 09 Jan 1999 08:41:29 PM CST
