がばいばあちゃん—佐賀から広島へ めざせ甲子園

by Yoshichi Shimada, 島田 洋七

洋七がばあちゃんから学んだ大切なこと。
8年間過ごした佐賀を離れ広島。野球の名門でレギュラーを目指すが怪我で断念、夢を諦めたときにばあちゃんから貰った言葉とは。ばあちゃんの愛とかあちゃんの愛に包まれた島田洋七の波瀾万丈の青春時代。

252 pages

First published March 1, 2006

About the author

Kanji Name: 島田 洋七.
Yoshichi Shimada, Japanese famous comedian and writer. His real name is Akihiro Tokunaga. After the explosion of the atom bombs, the writer’s father died of nuclear radiation. Because his mother couldn’t afford to take care of two sons and work at the same time, he was sent to his grandma’s house in Saga. Although the grandma was so poor in those days, she always had some wonderful ways to go on living and made life full of discovery and laugh.