The Man with Two Arms opens in a bedroom in a suburb just west of Chicago, where Henry Granville, a young high school teacher, is reading The Natural to his pregnant wife, Lori, while rubbing cocoa butter on her belly. On this evening the application of the lotion turns to love making and urges on the birth of their son, Danny.
When Danny is thirteen months old, he surprises his father with a left-handed throw, and Henry Granville's two great obsessions in life, baseball and animal behavior, swirl together as he begins to believe he has caught Danny in a window of ambidexterity. Henry sets his son on a life-long symmetry campaign that has physical and visionary implications ostensibly beyond their control.
The Man with Two Arms is more than a baseball novel. It is an exploration of friendship, marriage, and philosophy; of balance, art, and love. It is a story of the ways in which we protect, betray, forgive, love, and shape each other as we attempt to find our way through life.
To purchase a copy of the book:
The Man With Two Arms: A Novel
Book Release/Signing:
April 9
6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
The Latin School of Chicago
59 W. North Blvd.
Chicago
Visit Billy's website:
www.billylombardo.com
When Danny is thirteen months old, he surprises his father with a left-handed throw, and Henry Granville's two great obsessions in life, baseball and animal behavior, swirl together as he begins to believe he has caught Danny in a window of ambidexterity. Henry sets his son on a life-long symmetry campaign that has physical and visionary implications ostensibly beyond their control.
The Man with Two Arms is more than a baseball novel. It is an exploration of friendship, marriage, and philosophy; of balance, art, and love. It is a story of the ways in which we protect, betray, forgive, love, and shape each other as we attempt to find our way through life.
To purchase a copy of the book:
The Man With Two Arms: A Novel
Book Release/Signing:
April 9
6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
The Latin School of Chicago
59 W. North Blvd.
Chicago
Visit Billy's website:
www.billylombardo.com
