The Boxer's Heart A Woman Fighting

by Sekules, Kate

• ISBN13: 9781590208113
• ISBN10: 1590208110
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-05-29
• Publisher: Harry N. Abrams

Summary

One woman moves to New York and falls in love . . . with a violent sport. Published to coincide with the first Olympic event for women's boxing, The Boxer's Heart is a brilliantly candid memoir of the world of women's boxing, now updated and with a new afterword. Written in raw and vivid style, it tells the story of how a young every-woman moves to New York City to write and, through struggles and disappointments in her personal life, rises through the ranks at the famed Gleason's gym to box professionally. Sekules's account unfolds with the pace and depth of a great novel, crammed with larger-than-life characters and piercing observations. any woman who has grappled with anger and trust in her relationships, been nagged by insecurity at the gym, or wondered what it feels like to throw a punch will identify with this witty and honest account of the "sweet science of bruising."

Author Biography

Kate Sekules recently founded Refashioner, a marketplace for pre-owned couture. She was editor in chief of Culture + Travel, travel editor of Food Wine, consulting editor-in-chief at Cond Nast Digital, and has written for The New York Times, The New Yorker, Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, and 0, among others.

Table of Contents

Prefight	p. 1
How Did I Get Here?	p. 11
From A to B (Aerobics to Boxing)	p. 25
Here We Are Now	p. 39
Let Her Come Forward	p. 63
The Punch That Counts	p. 86
I Spar How You Spar	p. 105
I Am a Contender	p. 125
Fight Time	p. 146
Big Belts	p. 170
My Heart	p. 194
Postfight	p. 224
Afterword	p. 231
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