A League of Their Own

by Sarah Gilbert

While the nation's men are overseas fighting in World War II, a group of women keep the national pastime alive by forming the All-American Girls Baseball League

Genres: Nonfiction, History, Sports, Historical

220 pages, Paperback

First published July 1, 1992

Reviews

[Eva B. · Rating 2 out of 5]

The movie is better. The highlight of the book was definitely Mae, who is a delight as always. Not enough Doris (my favorite in the movie. also, my favorite lesbian headcanon. I will not be swayed on this.), but the friendship with Mae and Kit was cute and I liked that Alice all-but-canonically has OCD. Weirdly enough, this book follows the original script of the movie in which Dottie and Jimmy kiss and Dottie accidentally injures a pregnant Marla during a game as opposed to the final film. Probably a good read for die-hard fans of the film such as myself, but if you're considering having this be your introduction to it, just watch the movie instead.

[Synful · Rating 4 out of 5]

I've loved the movie "A League of their Own" and is one of the (relatively) few movies I will re-watch without hesitation. A new generation is going to take a swing at a tv series version of the AAGPBL this month, so while digging around for a book to read I found this one and decided to read it. It turned out to be just a novelization of the movie, but it's great how indelibly the actors' performances are that I could picture every scene, every way the dialogue was played from reading this book. The movie really was pretty perfectly cast. I can't say enough about Penny Marshall's greatness, too. The dialogue and scene descriptions differed a little here and there, but considering the book was released on the same day as the movie, that's probably from slight editor/director changes that weren't going to make the novelization. Definitely not in 1992 anyway. As always, I recommend this story, in any format.

Sidenote: I've apparently had this book forever as it's stamped from the South Bend, IN public library where I've not been in for decades. Hopefully I bought it and didn't accidentally keep it!

[Claude · Rating 5 out of 5]

Like the book, but, I think I kinda like the movie just that liiitle bit more...

[Sara · Rating 4 out of 5]

If you like the movie you will like the book as it is pretty similar with different parts here and there. I loved the movie and I enjoyed reading this book.

[Karschtl · Rating 3 out of 5]

Früher hab ich oft und gern die "Bücher zum Film" gelesen, auch wenn ich den Film schon kannte. Mittlerweile schenke ich mir das meistens, da die Bücher kaum einen Mehrwert bieten und ich meine Zeit auch in bessere Romane investieren kann.
Dies hier ist mir jedoch in positiver Erinnerung geblieben. Entweder war es wirklich gut, oder aber mir hat einfach nur der Film gefallen und daher auch das Buch.