Apprentice House Press releases The Gym, a debut novel by veteran writer Kevin Cowherd.
About the Book
The gym saved my life.
Maybe you rolled your eyes at that statement. Maybe you think it’s hyperbole. Maybe you think I’m a diva or a drama queen or whatever. But it’s true. The gym saved me in more ways than I could ever explain.
Before I joined and began working out to stave off the massive coronary that surely loomed in my future, I never much cared for exercise. Any old photo of me would confirm that. What you saw was a pale, doughy man who appeared in desperate need of a place to sit, preferably one where you could also order a burrito.
The gym was called Ripped! It sat in a forlorn strip mall near the confluence of the Beltway, Route 40 and I-95, which, if nothing else, allowed management to advertise “Convenient From Anywhere!” and not technically be lying.
One thing they didn’t advertise: there was a murderer among us.
About the Author
Kevin Cowherd is the New York Times best-selling author of Hothead and five other baseball novels for young readers written with Hall of Famer Cal Ripken, Jr. and published by Disney-Hyperion Books.
Cowherd has also written six books of non-fiction. His 2019 book When the Crowd Didn’t Roar: How Baseball’s Strangest Game Ever Gave a Broken City Hope was featured as one of the five best new sports books in the Times’ Summer Reading issue that year.
He was an award-winning sports columnist and features writer for The Baltimore Sun for 32 years, and has also written for Men’s Health, Parenting and Baseball Digest magazines.
Learn more about his work at his website: kevincowherd.com
Advanced Praise
“The Gym is darkly funny, written with wry spark and a keen eye for killer details. There are also humane and wistful notes, a tribute to the way Kevin Cowherd has coped with a lifetime in bruising, big-city journalism. Not every writer can pull that off.”
— Carl Hiaasen, bestselling author of Hoot
“Kevin Cowherd’s latest left me convulsing in laughter and tears. The brilliance of The Gym is in its fresh take on the pain and complexity of divorce, from the perspective of husband and father. A good and decent guy can move on, with a little help from his friends. The novel is brimming with truths and insights but with lightest of touch and a big, beating heart. Anyone whoever grunted through a workout (at a modest fitness center) will adore this Baltimore tale.”
— Michael Davis, author of The New York Times best-seller Street Gang: The Complete History of Sesame Street
“A very funny book by a very funny guy.”
—Dave Barry, New York Times bestselling author of Swamp Story and Peter and the Starcatchers
