Blows to the Head: How Boxing Changed My Mind

Blows to the Head: How Boxing Changed My Mind By Binnie Klein
Publisher: State Univ of New York 2010 | 144 Pages | ISBN: 1438430019 | PDF | 3 MB



"`Why am I fascinated by boxing?' asks Binnie Klein. And like a savvy fighter, she approaches her question from a variety of angles: Is it to do with being Jewish? Being a woman? Approaching middle age? Is it about family history? Klein tackles these questions with a deft and admirably light touch. The result is the warmest, funniest, and most tough-minded boxing book I've ever read." -- -- Kasia Boddy, author of Boxing: A Cultural History

"...[a] delighted tone permeates Binnie Klein's memoir of her boxing obsession ... [the] passages are lean and strong, and convey the allure of pushing a body and mind past their usual limits ... [Klein] doesn't hold back from considerable self-reflection, but it never seems self-indulgent, only pensive." -- ForeWord Reviews

"A graceful, deft celebration of body and soul. Brava to Binnie Klein for tapping her strength--physical, emotional, and spiritual--and for telling a knockout of a personal story." ---- Janet Carlson, author of Quick, Before the Music Stops: How Ballroom Dancing Saved My Life.

A provocative tale of an unlikely contender and her midlife transformation through boxing.


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