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Singled Out: The True Story of Glenn Burke by Andrew Maraniss
4.0
Trigger Warning: Racism, homophobia
This book. I had never heard of Glenn Burke before and that is a shame. His story is impactful, but heartbreaking. It took me a long time to get through this because I could only handle so much at a time. He was an excellent athlete whose life was ruined by homophobia.
There is a lot of baseball jargon in here, so if you aren't familiar with that it could be confusing. But you don't have to be an expert. I'm a casual baseball fan and I understood most of it.
Overall, this is a good book about a very important person. More people need to know his story.
This book. I had never heard of Glenn Burke before and that is a shame. His story is impactful, but heartbreaking. It took me a long time to get through this because I could only handle so much at a time. He was an excellent athlete whose life was ruined by homophobia.
There is a lot of baseball jargon in here, so if you aren't familiar with that it could be confusing. But you don't have to be an expert. I'm a casual baseball fan and I understood most of it.
Overall, this is a good book about a very important person. More people need to know his story.