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Wait Till Next Year by Doris Kearns Goodwin — WisdomDeck honest review

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Wait Till Next Year

by Doris Kearns Goodwin

The historian's memoir of growing up a Brooklyn Dodgers fan in the 1950s, keeping score for her father. Warm and nostalgic.

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you want a memoir of fandom and family.

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you want her presidential histories.

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Three things you will actually use

Share the game.
Record it.
Loyalty is love.

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Read the chapters on scoring games for her father.

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Goodwin's Dodgers.

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