Balls

 

I just happened across this book while looking for something fun and light to read. It's told entirely through the POV of women surrounding the coaches and players of a fictional Alabama college football team, the Birmingham Black Bears. The main character is Dixie, who is married to Mac Gibbs. Mac starts out as a high school football coach and then lands a job as the offensive coach for the Black Bears. After a few years the head coach, Catfish Bomar, retires and Mac gets the promotion to head coach. Despite a few continuity errors, it was a fun read and I enjoyed it. I thought the fact that she told it entirely from the female perspective was super interesting: while Dixie narrates most of it, we also hear from the players' mothers and girlfriends and the other coaches' wives and Dixie's best friend.