For three middle-aged women in the suburbs of Cleveland, the issues seemed compelling but relatively conventional: sending a child off to college, dealing with a marriage gone stale, feeling “invisible.” But changes were coming . . . and not the predictable ones. Because Margie, Katherine, and Abra are feeling a new kind of power inside of them – literally. Of all the things they thought they … might have to contend with as they got older, not one of them considered they’d be exploding a few gender roles by becoming superheroes.
At once a delightful and surprising adventure and a thoughtful examination of a woman’s changing role through life’s passages, THE SUPER LADIES is larger-than-life fiction at its very best.
PRAISE FOR SUSAN PETRONE’S THROW LIKE A WOMAN:
“While, on the surface, this is a novel about a woman battling to make her way in the man’s world of professional baseball, debut author Petrone presents a stirring and humorous story of a woman doing considerably more than that―trying to rediscover herself, provide for her family, and perhaps find a little love along the way.” – Booklist
“Throw Like a Woman is that rare baseball novel, both a paean to the game and a deeper exploration of character. Susan Petrone has a fan’s heart and a scout’s eye. Read it now. Don’t wait for the movie.” – Stewart O’Nan, co-author of Faithful and A Face in the Crowd
“For baseball fans who yearn for a female Jackie Robinson, reading Susan Petrone’s fun and absorbing novel Throw Like a Woman becomes a kind of prayer. ‘Please, Lord! Give talent a chance. Let this dream come true!’” – Mary Doria Russell, author of The Sparrow
“Someday there will be a woman who plays Major League Baseball. And when it happens, I suspect it will be an awful lot like Susan Petrone’s fun Throw Like a Woman. Susan knows baseball and so the novel – and her hero Brenda Haversham – crackles with authenticity. You can hear the pop of the ball hitting the catcher’s mitt.” – Joe Posnanski, author of The Soul of Baseball, NBC Sports National Columnist
“Petrone’s storytelling is first-rate, and she weaves a credible baseball tale with well-defined characters throughout.” – The Wave
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This was a fun read. Margie, Katherine, and Abra are a wonderful group of friends and their relationship is amazing. You will enjoy “hanging out” with them. Of course, they end up developing superpowers, something that turns these average women into true heroes.
You will fall in love with The Super Ladies. The story is enjoyable and so are the ladies. It was pleasant to see how middle-aged women could have a distinct voice and accomplish so much. Chuckling your way through the pages, this is one I would recommend you read.
Now if you could develop a super power, what would you choose? And what would you do with that gift? Hmmmmm. Something to think about!
Thank you to NetGalley for an ARC in exchange for my honest review.
Three women:
Abra and Katherine are not running from anything, just towards the finish line of the race.
Margie…a husband and couple kids keeps her busy, as does her work.
A school science project goes drastically wrong and changes their lives forever.
Abra had always felt invisible, now…
Margie changes the meaning of hot flash…
Katherine has strength, power, and doesn’t feel pain. Go ahead. Try and hurt her. I DARE you.
Now, what will they do with their superpowers? I mean playing games, like when Abra was practicing her invisibility….I saw her in my mind and busted out laughing, was not enough for them. They wanted to do good.
And an incident in Chapter 13…grinning ear to ear.
I enjoyed this lighthearted, fun and easy reading super hero story, with quirky ladies that had me laughing to the end.
I voluntarily reviewed a free copy of The Super Ladies by Susan Petrone.
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From the descriptions this sounds like a great read, a little bit of something for everybody. Love how lives are intwined and they are there for each other supporting and helping in any way they can, at the children’s sporting and science fairs.
Starts out with a gathering of the women and a chemical reaction when the experiment goes bad…the women sense the changes but have no idea what they mean.
Women are from the Cleveland area and liked learning about their careers and family life situations. When I realize what happened it’s like wow this could really happen in todays world. Some hiliarous moments!
Like how the women embrace the changes and learn to live with them and how they open up to others who questions their talents. Don’t read during the weekend but sneaked away several minutes listening to this book-couldn’t put it down!
Love how the story got started and I do now enjoy comic strip type brought to the screen movies. Love lesson about how everybody has a talent, everybody is good at something.
If we all harnessed it we can change the world for the better. Other works by the author are summarized and highlighted at the end with an excerpt. Would love to read more from this author as the topics interest me.
Received this review copy from The Story Plant via Netgalley and this is my honest opinion.
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