My Call to the Ring: A Memoir of a Girl Who Yearns to Box - Softcover

Gogarty, Deirdre; Saloom, Darrelyn

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1908689048 ISBN 13: 9781908689047

Verlag: Glasnevin Publishing, 2012

Inhaltsangabe

Although in the late 1980's boxing is socially frowned upon and illegal for women in Ireland, a young women named Deirdre Gogarty has one dream: to be the first world champion. Unable to fit in at school and in the midst of her parents' unraveling marriage, she plans her suicide. Death hovers in the back of her mind, but boxing beckons as Gogarty defies the odds and finds a gym and coach who is willing to train her. Her fierce determination leads to underground bouts in Ireland and Britain. But how can a shy, young misfit become a professional boxer in a country that bans women from the sport? Gogarty follows her calling to compete and journeys from the Irish Sea to the Gulf of Mexico, from outcast to center ring, from the depths of depression to the championship fight of her life.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Glasnevin Publishing
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2012
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1908689048
• ISBN 13: 9781908689047
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 228
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