The Super Ladies

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For three middle-aged women in the suburbs of Cleveland, the issues seemed compelling but relatively conventional: sending a child off to college, dealing with a marriage gone stale, feeling "invisible." But changes were coming . . . and not the predictable ones. Because Margie, Katherine, and Abra are feeling a new kind of power inside of them ¿ literally. Of all the things they thought they might have to contend with as they got older, not one of them considered they'd be exploding a few gender roles by becoming superheroes.At once a delightful and surprising adventure and a thoughtful examination of a woman's changing role through life's passages, THE SUPER LADIES is larger-than-life fiction at its very best.PRAISE FOR SUSAN PETRONE'S THROW LIKE A WOMAN:¿While, on the surface, this is a novel about a woman battling to make her way in the man's world of professional baseball, debut author Petrone presents a stirring and humorous story of a woman doing considerably more than that¿trying to rediscover herself, provide for her family, and perhaps find a little love along the way.¿ ¿ Booklist ¿Throw Like a Woman is that rare baseball novel, both a paean to the game and a deeper exploration of character. Susan Petrone has a fan's heart and a scout's eye. Read it now. Don't wait for the movie.¿ ¿ Stewart O'Nan, co-author of Faithful and A Face in the Crowd ¿For baseball fans who yearn for a female Jackie Robinson, reading Susan Petrone's fun and absorbing novel Throw Like a Woman becomes a kind of prayer. `Please, Lord! Give talent a chance. Let this dream come true!'¿ ¿ Mary Doria Russell, author of The Sparrow ¿Someday there will be a woman who plays Major League Baseball. And when it happens, I suspect it will be an awful lot like Susan Petrone's fun Throw Like a Woman. Susan knows baseball and so the novel ¿ and her hero Brenda Haversham ¿ crackles with authenticity. You can hear the pop of the ball hitting the catcher's mitt.¿ ¿ Joe Posnanski, author of The Soul of Baseball, NBC Sports National Columnist ¿Petrone's storytelling is first-rate, and she weaves a credible baseball tale with well-defined characters throughout.¿ ¿ The Wave