COTATI, Calif., March 24, 2009 — One Fine Season (published by AuthorHouse), the new novel by Michael Sheehan, is more than riveting personal drama — it chronicles a profound and uplifting spiritual awakening.
Best friends Danny Grace and Pete O’Brien are college athletes hoping for careers in professional baseball. Haven Jensen is Pete’s girlfriend and the three are inseparable. When an accident on a rural California wine country road claims his friends’ lives, Danny must overcome the devastating personal loss to fulfill the pact made by the boys years earlier — to make it to the big leagues.
Months after the accident, Danny still suffers from suffocating grief. Drafted by an expansion team, he is sent to a minor league training camp in Arizona, where he vows to keep his promise to Pete. One lazy afternoon while taking extra ground balls after practice, Danny thinks of the friends he has lost, and begins to throw the ball harder and harder. He catches the eye of Henry Foster, a scout sitting in the stands. Foster invites Danny to a pitching tryout the next day.
As events unfold, Danny is unwittingly thrust into the major league spotlight. During the season, Danny’s guides — an aging catcher, a Yale-educated center fielder and a wise manager, along with an extraordinarily beautiful young woman — help to restore his shattered faith. Danny’s emotional journey and spiritual healing reveal that even death cannot break the enduring bonds of true friendship.
About the Author: Michael Sheehan is CEO and founder of BioResource, a company that distributes natural remedies including the popular INFLAMYAR ointment for sports injuries. He wrote “One Fine Season” to honor the memories of two childhood friends who died young, before they could realize their dreams.
“One Fine Season” is true to life. It draws on Sheehan’s religious education at Catholic seminary and his experience as a baseball and collegiate soccer player. A graduate of Santa Clara University, Sheehan also earned a master’s degree in science journalism from Boston University. He lives in Northern California.
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