TWO SEASONS
Paul Burgoyne
Is it like father, like son?
His father is growing more erratic every day and 11-year-old Boone Martin wants to know – is it true? Like father like son? As his twisted family breaks apart, Boone clings to baseball, his one foothold in life. But it’s winter when his father moves out.
In summer, his best friend Rocky expects him to pitch Omak Little League to a third straight State championship – no pressure there – and former big-leaguer Lou Debrunes shows Boone a way out, the perfect curveball. His mother becomes more friendly with Coach as each game passes – is it Boone’s job to keep her trust issues from messing up a good thing?
Set in the fruit-growing rodeo-town of Omak, Washington, Two Seasons is narrated by an adult Boone Martin looking back on the two years that most shaped his life. More than a baseball story, Two Seasons explores the questions of identity and belonging in a shifting world rocked by the assassinations and anti-war movement of 1968.
