The Last Season, The Story of a Marriage - Kindle Fiction

The Last Season, The Story of a Marriage
by Marian D. Schwartz

Ginger and Buddy Middleton have been married for twenty-seven years, and they are as hungry for each other as they were when they were first married. The only subject they scrupulously avoid talking about is Buddy’s abrupt decision early in their marriage to leave a promising career as a professional baseball player. Ginger believes that she is to blame for his quitting, as does everyone they know; and Buddy, by his silence on the subject, has never done anything to dispel the notion.

The novel opens with Ginger hoping to launch a career as a journalist. She is restless and bored: she has quit selling real estate, their sons are away at college, and Buddy is busy teaching high school math and coaching football. Using skills she learned selling real estate, she snares an interview with the elusive real estate developer Avery Laird. When the article is finished, Laird offers her a part-time job at a large salary. She more than earns her salary, but Buddy still has suspicions about the job, and while the three of them are having dinner, he asks Laird what his intentions are. Laird replies, “I intend to marry your wife.” Ginger doesn’t take this seriously; however, Buddy isn’t sure. Soon after, a friend of Buddy’s with whom he played baseball comes for a visit and tells Ginger the true reason Buddy quit. Then their lives begin to unravel.

Ginger and Buddy, each with a unique voice and point-of view, alternately tell the story of their marriage and their family.

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