The Hero of Jersey Street

An unforgettable book, The Hero of Jersey Street reveals the confessions of an Irish-Catholic boy from Boston, Massachusetts who grew up during the 1940s and early 50s, before the invasion of The Beatles, smart phones and social media. This gripping memoir, which has the emotional power of a good novel, is a collection of hilariously funny and tragically heartbreaking episodes all of which are warmly touching. A field trip bus ride brought his 5th grade class to a baseball game that changed his life forever. He fell in love with baseball, a hero named Ted Williams, a team named the Red Sox, and a magical setting known as Fenway Park. He also fell in love with the cutest girl in his class who did the unthinkable - she held hands with him. Several years later he realized that it had been his older brother, handicapped by birth defects, who had been the real hero in his life.