Publisher's Synopsis
South Side of Chicago, Summer '59... Stoller Parkwar needs a miracle Estelle Schuller teaches no-talent piano students. Bimmey O'Brien steals dogs for money. Fred Mueller mopes over a failed Juilliard audition. Fred's father wants to run away to the Andes. Fred's mother would like to see him go. But the White Sox are about to clinch the American League Pennant, and Bimmey's unmarried sister inspires a betting scheme that changes everything.
