Last Pick: A Baby Boomers Boyhood

(Hardback)

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A whimsical warmhearted autobiography of a twelve-year-old who became a great trial lawyer

The oldest of four children in a prototypical Irish Catholic family, Pierce ODonnell recounts growing up in a village with more cows than residents with his WWII-hero father, who owns the only liquor store; his intellectual mother, the librarian; his spinster aunt, the local postmaster; his three younger sisters; and a ghost named Nora.Last Pickadroitly conjures up a bygone era in which this young boys biggest concerns were making the Little League Team (he never did), not freezing to death delivering a newspaper, making Eagle Scout, and learning Latin as a reluctant altar boy allergic to incense. This self-deprecating story of a determined, well-meaning underdog will delight ODonnells fellow Baby Boomers and enchant younger generations for years to come with its witty and timeless humor.

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PRAISE FOR LAST PICK

"ODonnells story doesnt confine itself solely to him...The rich history that he provides in this wonderful memoir ensures the past lives on."

San Francisco Book Review

"An affectionate, appealing, and unsentimental look back on an all-American boyhood in the 50s."

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PRAISE FOR PIERCE O'DONNELL

"The Nazi saboteur case is a blot on our law, and is being used by the Bush administration now to defend its attacks on civil liberties."

Anthony Lewis

"ODonnell is a master storyteller who vividly brings to life the trying times of World War II and a nation gripped by fear. "

Johnnie Cochran

"[In Time of War]reads like a spy novel, only its all true."

David Cole, author ofEnemy Aliens

Author Bio

Pierce ODonnellis one of the foremost trial lawyers in America and a bestselling author. In a storied career spanning a half century, he has won numerous landmark decisions that have changed the law. InLast Pick,we are transported back to his boyhood to learn what made him the dynamic, bigger-than-life man who has championed the rights of the voiceless and vulnerable, while writing six acclaimed books, a feature film, and a stage play. Pierce lives in Austin, Texas, with his wife Carmen.