Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. El Cerro -- 2. Refashioning Lefty -- 3. The Passion of the Island -- 4. Coming to America -- 5. Life after the League -- 6. A League of Her Own -- Epilogue -- Appendix I -- Appendix II -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary
"Kat D. Williams traces Isabel "Lefty" Alvarez's life from her childhood in Cuba to her reinvention of herself as a professional American baseball player, illuminating the importance of sport as a source of stability in a life defined by challenges"-- Provided by publisher