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One woman moves to New York and falls in love . . .
with a violent sport
978-1-59020-811-3 • U.S. $17.00 / $19.50 CAN.
Memoir
5 3/8” x 8” • 272 pages
Rights: V00
Agent: Markus Hoffmann @ Regal Literary
Pub History: Villard HC, 978-0-37550-395-5;
Seal Press PB, 978-1-58005-077-7
On Sale: 5/29/12
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Photo © courtesy of the author
kate sekules
the boxer’s Heart
one Woman’s love of the fight
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.”
“It’s a knockout, folks . . . The Boxer’s Heart is a winner, on all cards.”
—Newsweek
“Sekules . . . is appealingly self-aware . . . [and] gives us a sense of
women’s boxing as a thriving movement.”
—New York Times Book Review
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kate sekules has edited Food and Wine, Culture and Travel, and Gourmet
magazine and has written for publications including The New York Times,
The New Yorker, and Vogue. she lives in brooklyn, new york.
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