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Summary: Great Book!
Review: I loved this book! I loved it so much I'm not sure where to begin this review! It is certainly well written, entertaining and witty. She also makes many observations about female fighting, and being a woman in this world in general. I am a brown belt in karate, and I really identified with some of her experiences. I found her to be a very honest and emotionally courageous writer. It's a great glimpse into the world of women's boxing but beyond that it's an entertaining and thoughtful memoir.
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Summary: Review of Boxer's heart
Review: I read this book with interest...Her book certainly explores the way in which women may find an outlet for their physical and emotional problems through the activity of boxing, although it need not be associated with significant pain or violence. I recommend her book...for individuals interested in reading about the way that women can gain satisfaction in their own lives through the the sport of boxing....
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Summary: Review of Boxer's heart
Review: I read this book with interest...Her book certainly explores the way in which women may find an outlet for their physical and emotional problems through the activity of boxing, although it need not be associated with significant pain or violence. I recommend her book...for individuals interested in reading about the way that women can gain satisfaction in their own lives through the the sport of boxing....
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Summary: An excellent read.
Review: My wife recently brought this book home from the library with great excitement, after telling me that she had met and become friends with the author a number of years earlier at a writers' workshop in Vermont. I picked up the book out of curiosity, mostly about boxing (of which I know very little).For me, this book immediately worked on the most important level - as a vivid, inside account of what it is like to become a boxer, to train at a famous fight gymnasium, and ultimately to enter the ring as a professional. The book is also a lot more: an intelligent meditation on the history and technique of the "sweet science," a reflection on feminism, gender politics, and the vicissitudes of body image, and a narrative arc describing one woman's journey in synthesizing meaning from her personal experience. The juxtaposition of these elements is an ambitious undertaking, and the success of the author in so doing derives as much from her gifted prose style as from her observations and insights regarding the world of pugilism. Anyone interested in boxing, sports, and/or feminism will find this book compelling, as will anyone who enjoys a good story. I am looking forward to reading Sekules's next book - on whatever topic about which she next decides to write.
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Summary: This Reader's Heart
Review: This book is a beautiful, intelligently written account of one womans experience breaking into boxing. The book transcends boxing though: it is about finding your drive, the indecipherable motivations that connect us to all athletes and the athletes within all of us. When it is no longer merely about being "in shape" or "physically fit" but about a goal that chooses you. And about how age and gender and upbringing intertwine themselves into it. The book is smart, it made me want to work harder.
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