Ducks Beyond the Pond

is playing the record-breaking Major League Baseball game of his life. After experiencing a monumental tragedy at a very young age, Dickie is forced to reckon with an unexpected diagnosis that turns his world on its head. In return, Dickie loses the one thing in life that he loves most: baseball. Dickie must search for a way forward in life so that he can try to reclaim a sense of purpose. With the help of his family some unlikely yet steadfast friends – Dickie makes great strides in his recovery and lands a job that gives him another chance to be a part of the game he once loved. Without this job and the series of unconventional events that led up to it, Dickie might never have had the opportunity to face the final test that would allow him to pursue his dreams as a professional baseball player. Even though Dickie is playing the record-breaking game of his life, will it be his last? is not only a fictional tale about baseball. It is an expansive novel about struggle, determination, and the human spirit. The story explores warmhearted themes of family, mental health, addiction, and community. The reader is guided intelligently through Dickie's successes, hardships, gains and losses in his search for stability and satisfaction in life—finding purpose and independence.