""Homeless shelters, baseball diamonds, shadows of the past, bright hopes for the future. TWALTA will break your heart. Patrick Trotti has written a powerful, and unsentimental novel."" - Bud Smith In alternating narratives, the novel charts the tumultuous ride of Walter Matthews. Matthews nearly reaches the precipice of his profession (baseball) only to see it all fall apart around him. Along the way he meets a father and son who rekindle his love for baseball and remind him of the life he could be living. Will he have enough inner strength, and time, to put his life back together or will he strike out? Patrick Trotti is the author of five full-length works of fiction, non-fiction, and poetry, as well as two chapbooks. He lives in new york.