Confessions of a She-Fan

Confessions of a She-Fan: The Course of True Love with the New York Yankees
By Jane Heller
Rodale, 2009. 262 pgs. Nonfiction.

When the New York Yankees had a rocky start to their 2007 season, lifetime Yankees fan Jane Heller wrote a piece announcing her decision to divorce the Yankees. When that article was published in the New York Times, she got intense reactions from baseball fans and decided to examine her devotion to her team by following the Yankees around the country as they finished out their season. From the end of the All-Star break through the play-offs, Jane sets out to write a book about her journey, but she also finds out what it means to be a baseball fan, for better or for worse.

This is funny memoir from a Yankee-crazed woman. Readers without a knowledge of baseball or the Yankees in particular might get lost in the names (and nicknames) of all the players, but even without a full knowledge of the 2007 Yankees roster, readers can appreciate an amusing, emotional fan, who starts out intending to write a book and ends up finding deeper insights into what it means to love a team. Heller combines her skill as a novelist with her passion for baseball to create a funny and amusing story about true love.

(GO YANKEES!)

AE