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The Art of Fielding: A Novel

At Westish College, baseball star Henry Skrimshander seems destined for big league until a routine throw goes disastrously off course. In the aftermath of his error, the fates of five people are upended. Henry's fight against self-doubt threatens to ruin

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“You told me once that a soul isn’t something a person is born with but something that must be built, by effort and error, study and love. And you did that with more dedication than most, that work of building a soul-not for your own benefit but for the benefit of those that knew you.”

— Chad Harbach, amazon.com

Tagged: Soul, Effort, Love, Study, Building A Future

“He bent his head back toward the ceiling and breathed out a short pained sigh or moan. He dropped his hands, worried them in quick circles, clapped them to the top of his head again. His movements were spastic and strange, the movements of a person whose thoughts have become toxic.”

— Chad Harbach, amazon.com

Tagged: what anxiety feels like, anxiety in literature, worry, Life

“And so the months had mounted, Pella lying in bed in their sunstruck loft, dragging herself to the Rite Aid and the psychiatrist and back again, David alternately peeved and given purpose by her somnolence. There were events, fights, excursions, but none of it mattered, none of it penetrated the thi…”

— Chad Harbach, amazon.com

Tagged: what anxiety feels like, anxiety in literature, worry, Life