Pickleballers

Children’s author Long’s (Ziggy’s Big Idea) adult debut is a hilarious romantic comedy about the recently divorced Meg Bloomberg, who finds herself fully immersed in the cutthroat competitive world of pickleball. Meg’s best friend has encouraged her to take up the game as a distraction from her post-divorce blues, and Meg quickly finds a community among the other pickleballers. When their local courts are threatened by a plan to build a wetlands preserve, Meg enters a pickleball tournament in hopes that the prize money will save them. Things get complicated when she realizes that Ethan, the hot stranger she recently hooked up with, is the project manager in charge of the wetlands preserve proposal. Long reads the story herself, perfectly conveying the witty dialogue, snappy banter, and distinctive voices of the wide-ranging cast. Listeners will delight in this lively story, full of laughs, misdirection, betrayals, eccentric characters, and pranks, tied together with a satisfying enemies-to-lovers subplot.