Wait for Next Year is a book written by Doris Kearns Goodwin. Wait Till Next Year is a book written from Goodwin's point of view set in Rockville Center, New York. The book begins with Goodwin's father teaching her the rules of baseball scoring in the summer of 1949. After her father taught her how to properly record a baseball game, she would sit in front of the radio and listen to the game every day and recorded everything. every player did during that match. Then when her father came home from work she told him everything that had happened during that day's game. As Goodwin thinks about this in his book, he begins to think that it is because of these moments with his father that he has a love of history and storytelling. Although her father interested her in storytelling, it was Goodwin's mother who interested her. in books. He goes on to say that if his mother had done nothing else, she would have always read, no matter what the time. Goodwin writes that every night before she went to sleep her mother came to read to her. Goodwin's favorite moments with her mother though were when her mother told her real life stories from when she was younger. During this time Goodwin liked to believe that his mother had forgotten about the pain she constantly suffered due to her poor health. While Doris Goodwin's mother and father were a very important part of her life growing up, her sisters were just as important. She talks about how even though Charlotte, her older sister, wasn't around as much as her other older sister, Jeanne, she was still very important to her. He tells in detail about a shopping trip he took with his older and younger siblings and how after the shopping trip to Sa...... middle of paper...... the mother went into town to meet his father to celebrate the victory. As that wonderful night lingered in Goodwin's mind, things began to change for her and the people around her. Neighbors he had known all his life began to move out. As if close neighbors moving away wasn't enough, Doris' best friend, Elaine, and her family have also moved away. After her best friend moved away, Doris also had to deal with the terrible news that Walter F. O'Malley, owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers, decided to move the Dodgers to Los Angeles, California. The same year the Dodgers moved was the same year Goodwin's mothers' health steadily declined. Goodwin's mother died on February 22, 1958. She had died in her sleep forcing Goodwin's father to find his deceased wife when he woke up in the morning. These things combined are what officially ended Doris Kearns Goodwin's childhood.