Faithful To Diehard Boston Red Sox Fans Chronicle the Historic 2004 Season [Paperback]

“Faithfulisn't just about the Red Sox. It's also about family, friendship, and what it truly means to be a baseball fan and to be—well, faithful, come hell or high water” (The Boston Globe).

“Of all the books that will examine the Boston Red Sox's stunning come-from-behind 2004 ALCS win over the Yankees and subsequent World Series victory, none will have this book's warmth, personality, or depth” (Publishers Weekly).

Early in 2004, two writers and Red Sox fans, Stewart O'Nan and Stephen King, decided to chronicle the upcoming season, one of the most hotly anticipated in baseball history. They would sit together at Fenway. They would exchange emails. They would write about the games. And, as it happened, they would witness the greatest comeback ever in sports, and the first Red Sox championship in eighty-six years. What began as a Sox-filled summer like any other is now a fan's notes for the ages.Stewart O’Nan’s award-winning fiction includesSnow Angels,A Prayer for the Dying,Last Night at the Lobster, andEmily, Alone. His most recent novel,The Odds, was hailed byThe Boston Globeas “a gorgeous fable, a stunning meditation and a hope-filled Valentine.”Grantanamed him one of America’s Best Young Novelists. He was born and raised and lives in Pittsburgh. 

Stephen King is the author of more than sixty books, all of them worldwide bestsellers. His recent work includes The Institute,Elevation,The Outsider, Sleeping Beauties (cowritten with his son Owen King), and the Bill Hodges trilogy: End of Watch, Finders Keepers, and Mr. Mercedes (an Edgar Award winner for Best Novel and an AT&T Audience Network original television series). His novel 11/22/63 was named a top ten book lÃ