A review by heathero621
Magic Season: A Son's Story by Wade Rouse

emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.25

This book is about Wade Rouse's complicated relationship with his father.  This book was a Mom Advice book club selection for 2023 and when I heard the synopsis of Wade and his father bonding over their love of baseball I wasn't super interested in it because baseball is not my jam, but the book was so much more than that.  I listened to the audio, which was good.  The relationship with Wade and his father is really complicated because they are so different in what they believe and the lives that they live.  His story reinforces the concept that children need their parents no matter how complicated it can get.  If Wade and his dad were not related, there would be no way that they would keep in contact.  There is a lot of baseball references, but it never got to be too much.  The ending is sad and I wished that I had a hard copy of the book to be able to remember some of the things that Wade said that were really poignant.