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Last pick : a whimsical warmhearted autobiography of a twelve-year-old who became a great trial lawyer / Pierce O'Donnell.

ISBN: 9781644282953
ISBN: 164428295X
Physical Description: 212 pages, 8 pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Publisher: Los Angeles : Rare Bird Books, 2022.
Copyright: &copy;2022

Summary:

A whimsical warmhearted autobiography of a twelve-year-old who became a great trial lawyer The oldest of four children in a prototypical Irish Catholic family, Pierce O'Donnell recounts growing up in a village with more cows than residents with his WWII-hero father, who owns the only liquor store; his intellectual mother, the librarian; his spinster aunt, the local postmaster; his three younger sisters; and a ghost named Nora. Last Pick adroitly conjures up a bygone era in which this young boy's biggest concerns were making the Little League Team (he never did), not freezing to death delivering a newspaper, making Eagle Scout, and learning Latin as a reluctant altar boy allergic to incense. This self-deprecating story of a determined, well-meaning underdog will delight O'Donnell's fellow Baby Boomers and enchant younger generations for years to come with its witty and timeless humor.