The Might Have Been
by Joe Schuster
A Novel
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83%
Critic Reviews: 9
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Reader Ratings: 54
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Synopsis
Joseph M. Schuster's debut novel resonates with the pull of lifelong dreams, the stings of regret, and the ways we define ourselves against uncertain twists of fate. The Might-Have-Been maps the unpredictable moments that change our lives forever and the irresistible power of a second chance.Joseph M. Schuster's absorbing debut novel resonates with the pull of lifelong dreams, the stings of regret, and the ways we define ourselves against uncertain twists of... more
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- All Critics: 9
- Positive: 8
- Negative: 1
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Kirkus Reviews | 23 Jan 2012
This is a terrific story that goes beyond the sport and deals with promise and aspirations, dreams and disappointments.
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Publishers Weekly | 16 Jan 2012
This moving tale will engage even nonbaseball fans as Schuster examines, without succumbing to sentiment or an easy resolution, the cost of chasing a dream.
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Time Out Chicago | 22 Mar 2012
Though baseball fans will love the richly textured descriptions of minor-league parks and life, the larger human story here is universal.
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Kansas City Star | 18 Apr 2012
...a lovely, poignant, heartbreaker of a baseball novel
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Read Handed Blog
Read this book if you love baseball. Read this book if you enjoy literary fiction. And if you love baseball and reading literary fiction, like me, you won't regret picking up Joseph M. Schuster's debut novel The Might Have Been.
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Book Reporter | 29 Mar 2012
Schuster introduces too many players and gives us too much play-by-play. Like a lot of novels or films about sports, THE MIGHT HAVE BEEN doesn’t avoid clichés.
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Baseball America | 22 Mar 2012
Through Edward Everett, Schuster illuminates a side of the game utterly devoid of glamour and often even hope.
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White Rhino Partners | 22 Feb 2012
Schuster has found just the right voice for allowing the reader to feel and taste and smell each of the major episodes and settings in the innings of Everett's life.
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St. Louis Today | 17 Mar 2012
This well-told book is about Yates' chances and accidents, and what Yates does with life.
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