The Off Season, Catherine Gilbert Murdock
The Off Season, Catherine Gilbert Murdock
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The Off Season

Author: Catherine Gilbert Murdock

Narrator: Natalie Moore

Unabridged: 6 hr

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/22/2007

Synopsis

Life is looking up for D.J. Schwenk. She's in eleventh grade, finally. After a rocky summer, she's reconnecting in a big way with her best friend, Amber. She's got kind of a thing going with Brian Nelson, who's cute and popular and smart but seems to like her anyway. And then there's the fact she's starting for the Red Bend High School football team--the first girl linebacker in northern Wisconsin, probably.

Which just shows you can't predict the future. When something tragic happens, a season that once looked so promising, is suddenly thrown way off course and D.J. realizes her life will never be the same.

This hilarious, heartbreaking and triumphant sequel to the critically acclaimed Dairy Queen takes D.J. and all the Schwenks from Labor Day to a Thanksgiving football game that you will never forget.

About The Author

Catherine Gilbert Murdock lives in Philadelphia with her husband, two brilliant, unicycling children, several cats, and a one-acre yard that she is slowly transforming into a wee but flourishing ecosystem. She is the author of several books, including Wisdom's Kiss, Dairy Queen, Heaven is Paved with Oreos, and others. Her sister, Elizabeth Gilbert, is the author of Eat, Pray, Love. Natalie Moore has appeared in numerous national television and radio commercials, as well as narrated several audiobooks. Natalie has performed at the Guthrie Theater, A.R.T, La Jolla Playhouse, Actor’s Theater of Louisville, Theatre De La Jeune Lune, Huntington Theatre and Santa Fe Stage. She is a graduate of Boston University’s School for the Arts.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Chelsea ✨Arielle’s Nebular Ally and Team Acrux✨ on October 05, 2015

Fresh, fun, and D.J. learns some tough life lessons...I am so enthralled with this series. The voice, the characters, I can't get enough of it. Everyone needs to give this series a try...it would really surprise you. ♥ That's the thing: when I say that I was skimming along, it didn't have......more

Goodreads review by Keertana on February 11, 2013

Rating: 4.5 Stars I swear, this series just keeps getting better and better.  The Off Season  is an incredible follow-up to  Dairy Queen  and if I wasn't impressed by Murdock's first novel, she's definitely made a fan out of me now. I  loved  this one! It was realistic, strong, and m......more

Goodreads review by Jennifer on September 29, 2021

DJ is sweet and kind of naive but her voice, telling about her family and friends, is what makes it so powerful. Listening to the audiobook makes it even better because the narrator does such a great job with the Wisconsin accent. There are so many topics and events that are handled in such a matter......more

Goodreads review by Megan on June 29, 2011

The Off Season is a solid follow up to Dairy Queen. We follow D.J. Schwenk into her junior year of high school as she continues to balance school, family demands and of course Brian Nelson. In Dairy Queen D.J. spent a lot of time figuring out who she is and who she wants to be. In this second instal......more

Goodreads review by Kat Kennedy on July 28, 2010

I just love this series. I love D.J.'s voice, I love the concept of the books, I love the world they're in. It's well written, it's funny, at times it's heartbreaking and at other times it just a plain old page-turner.......more

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