Home › Basketball › Sunday Money
  • Sunday Money by Maggie Hill book cover
  • Sunday Money by Maggie Hill book cover
1 2

Sunday Money

by Maggie Hill

A young player finds room to imagine a different future

$18.51 USD
$30.86 USD $18.51 USD
Save 40%

Paperback New

Delivery to your door
In stock·Dispatches in 1–2 business days
Standard shipping* from $4.35
Standard shipping transit* 5–8 business days after dispatch

Faster options are available.

Rates and delivery estimates depend on your destination and item quantity. Estimates are informational only; the final shipping method and rate are selected at checkout.
Secure checkout
American Express Apple Pay DiscoverGoogle Pay Mastercard PayPalVisa
30-day eligible returns Returns & refunds policy

AlbakiReads Editorial

A young player finds room to imagine a different future

Set in 1970s Brooklyn, Maggie Hill’s novel links the limits placed on girls’ basketball to the expectations shaping Claire Joyce’s life beyond the court. The sport gives Claire a framework for navigating a turbulent household and a community marked by working-class and Catholic life. As Title IX changes the possibilities for girls’ athletics, a potential college scholarship brings a new horizon into view. Basketball is both the novel’s central subject and the lens through which Claire considers what kind of future might be possible for her.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Teens and young adults interested in basketball-centered fiction.
  • Readers drawn to stories about girls challenging restrictive expectations.
  • Those interested in 1970s Brooklyn and family turmoil.

Themes

Girls’ basketball and changing opportunitiesFamily instabilityGender expectationsWorking-class Catholic communityEnvisioning a different future

Based on publisher information and book metadata.

Book overview

It's 1971, but for Claire Joyce and girls' basketball, it might as well be 1871. Stilted rules (three-bounce dribbling, two roving players for full-court games, and uniforms that include bloomers) set their play unfairly apart from the boys' basketball Claire's older brother John has trained her in.

Basketball is the only constant in Claire life, and as she enters her teen years the skills she's cultivated on the court--passing, shooting, and faking--help her guard against the chaos of an alcoholic mother, an increasingly violent younger brother, and the downward spiral her beloved John soon finds himself unable to climb out of. Deeply cut from the cloth of the Catholic Church, Brooklyn's working class, and the limited expectations her world has for girls, Claire strives to find a mirror that might reflect a different, future self. Then Title IX bounces on the scene. Suddenly, girls' basketball becomes explosive, musical, passionate, and driven--and if Claire plays it just right, it just might offer a full ride to a previously out-of-reach college.

Sunday Money follows Claire as she narrates her way through 1970s Brooklyn, hustling on and off the court and striving to break free of the turmoil in her home and the rulebook "good" girls are supposed to follow.
Shipping & returnsShipping options, delivery timing, and our return policy.

In-stock items normally dispatch within 1–2 business days. The ZIP-code estimator on this page is informational only; the final shipping method, price, and availability are confirmed at checkout for your full order.

For the initial delivery estimate we use these transit windows after dispatch: Standard 5–8 business days, Expedited 2–4 business days, and Priority 1–2 business days. Holiday delays are not included.

Eligible items can be returned within 30 days in accordance with our return policy.

Customer reviews

You may also like

View all