Bring One Home: A Memoir of Boyhood, Basketball, and Hometown Spirit by Thomas L. Pelissero

A boy wearing a yellow basketball jersey with the number 14 stands on a small town street at sunset, holding a basketball. The street is lined with shops, including a bar, bakery, hardware store, and drugstore.

Reviewer: Sharon Brunner Thomas L. Pelissero’s Bring One Home: A Memoir of Boyhood, Basketball, and Hometown Spirit brought to life a basketball team’s multiple losses: the town’s loss of jobs, the school’s financial strife, amongst a never-ending hometown spirit.  The story took place during the 1960s in the small town of…

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