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Title details for Welcome Home, Caroline Kline by Courtney Preiss - Available

Welcome Home, Caroline Kline

by Courtney Preiss
Mara Wilson
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A debut novel sparkling with wit and insight about a young woman whose reluctant return to her Jersey Shore hometown gives her the second chance she didn’t know she needed.
Caroline Kline isn't ready to strike out.
In New York City, newly single Caroline is stumbling her way through the recent implosion of her life. After a surprise breakup leaves her with no job, no apartment, and no backup plan, she’s unsure of what to do next. That is, until Caroline’s father, Leo, injures himself in a bad fall and asks her to move home to the Jersey Shore suburb she’d always been desperate to escape. But Leo doesn’t want his daughter to be his caretaker; he needs her to replace him as third baseman in his local men’s softball league. This isn’t just any season, Leo claims. This is the year they have a real shot at the World Series, the pride and joy of Glen Brook, New Jersey.
Caroline agrees to move home, concerned that Leo is hiding a more serious health condition than he’s willing to admit. As the first female player in a league full of old-school men, she’s up against more than a few challenges. And when a night gone wrong lands her in the path of her hometown crush—and first love—Caroline struggles to reconcile the life she thought she’d have with the life she might actually want.
Sharply observed and full of humor and heart, Welcome Home, Caroline Kline is a touching tribute to the many unconventional paths that victory, and recovery, can take.

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  • Release date

    April 16, 2024

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9780593826904
      • File size: 254883 KB
      • Duration: 08:51:00

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Library Journal

      September 13, 2024

      Veteran actor and voiceover artist Mara Wilson narrates the audio of Preiss's debut novel with the perfect amount of Jersey attitude. Despite being left jobless and homeless after a recent sudden breakup, Caroline is resistant to the idea of moving home, even temporarily, to regroup. When her dad takes a tumble down the basement stairs and begs her to fill his spot on the local softball team as a matter of family pride, Caroline reluctantly agrees. Wilson subtly infuses Caroline's voice with a mix of mild contempt and vague longing that will resonate with anyone who has ever tried to go home again. As Caroline comes to terms with what she believes about the past and what she wants for the future, Wilson softens her delivery and brings in a grace note of hope. The softball league of Glen Brook, NJ, is filled with idiosyncratic delights that Wilson plays to maximum effect. Her command of ballfield smack talk will leave listeners in tears of laughter. VERDICT Recommended for libraries seeking new titles for book groups and for fans of Linda Holmes and Marian Keyes.--Natalie Marshall

      Copyright 2024 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

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  • English

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