TY - BOOK AU - Holmes,Linda TI - Evvie Drake Starts Over: A Novel SN - 9781473679276 AV - PS3608.O49435456E88 PY - 2020/// CY - New York PB - Ballantine Books KW - Man-woman relationships KW - Fiction KW - Widows KW - Baseball players KW - FICTION / Contemporary Women KW - bisacsh KW - FICTION / Family Life KW - FICTION / Humorous KW - fast KW - sears KW - Love stories KW - Humorous fiction KW - Romance fiction KW - Novels KW - gsafd KW - lcgft N1 - Includes discussion question N2 - "In a small town in Maine, recently widowed Eveleth "Evvie" Drake rarely leaves her house. Everyone in town, including her best friend, Andy, thinks grief keeps her locked inside, and she doesn't correct them. In New York, Dean Tenney, former major-league pitcher and Andy's childhood friend, is struggling with a case of the "yips": he can't throw straight anymore, and he can't figure out why. An invitation from Andy to stay in Maine for a few months seems like the perfect chance to hit the reset button. When Dean moves into an apartment at the back of Evvie's house, the two make a deal: Dean won't ask about Evvie's late husband, and Evvie won't ask about Dean's baseball career. Rules, though, have a funny way of being broken--and what starts as an unexpected friendship soon turns into something more. But before they can find out what might lie ahead, they'll have to wrestle a few demons: the bonds they've broken, the plans they've changed, and the secrets they've kept. They'll need a lot of help, but in life, as in baseball, there's always a chance--right up until the last out"-- ER -