{"product_id":"still-doing-time-paperback","title":"Still Doing Time - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWanda Adams Fischer\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn the summer of 1976, former minor-league baseball player Jimmy Bailey leaves prison after serving four years for a crime he didn't commit. \u003c\/strong\u003eHe's expecting to start his life over and possibly even get back to playing baseball again. His sister, Debbie, who's what some people in the early 1970s would call \"a women's libber,\" is highly accomplished and well connected in government and social justice circles in Massachusetts. She's an expert in \u003cstrong\u003eurban planning\u003c\/strong\u003e. On Jimmy's last day in prison, she picks him up when one of the guards tried to harass her. She puts him in his place and embarrasses him in front of a few other guards. Little do either Jimmy or Debbie realize that this incident will change their lives. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile he was in prison, Jimmy clung to a letter he'd received from the man who owned the \u003cstrong\u003eBoston Red Sox\u003c\/strong\u003e, promising him a job at \u003cstrong\u003eFenway Park\u003c\/strong\u003e when he was finally finished with his sentence. Jimmy also worked with his cellmate, a Black man who couldn't read, to help him earn his high school diploma. Jimmy observed, first-hand, the \u003cstrong\u003esocial justice issues facing Black people following desegregation efforts in Boston \u003c\/strong\u003ein the early 1970s. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBoth Jimmy and Debbie discover they're being stalked and followed by mysterious people around Cambridge and their home town of \u003cstrong\u003eNorth Weymouth, Massachusetts. \u003c\/strong\u003eJimmy's former cellmate is badly beaten by inmates after Jimmy leave the prison; the prison warden is killed, leading to a major investigation by state and federal authorities. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCameo appearances by \u003cstrong\u003ethen-Governor Michael Dukakis, as well as Red Sox pitcher Bill Lee\u003c\/strong\u003e, appear in this book. Massachusetts landmarks such as \u003cstrong\u003eCastle Island, Fenway Park, the State House in Boston, Wessagusset Beach, and scenes in North Weymouth and Quincy (on Boston's South Shore)\u003c\/strong\u003e also play roles in this novel. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConspiracies, intrigue, \u003cstrong\u003ebaseball, \u003c\/strong\u003eand even some \u003cstrong\u003eromance \u003c\/strong\u003ecome together as the main characters delve into the mysteries behind this book. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 372\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.83 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 16, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42130742280327,"sku":"9780999504970","price":22.66,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/547f9769dc635f72abb3dc5426b81281.webp?v=1732613427","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/still-doing-time-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}