Blows to the Head (eBook)

How Boxing Changed My Mind

Binnie Klein (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2009
206 Seiten
State University of New York Press (Verlag)
978-1-4384-3003-4 (ISBN)

Infos

A provocative tale of an unlikely contender and her midlife transformation through boxing."e;I peered through the Venetian blinds in our den, with its view of the playground next door, and watched mournfully as the popular girls played softball. I wanted to run fast, hit hard, and wear a cute uniform. These girls seemed to know something about life that I didn't."e;When Binnie Klein took up boxing in her midfifties, the reaction from friends and acquaintances was always the same: "e;You?"e; Why, after all, would a middle-aged Jewish psychotherapist with no previous history of athletics take up boxing? In Blows to the Head, Klein offers a provocative tale of an unlikely contender whose unexpected fascination with boxing takes her beyond the ring and leads her back to her roots and to a surprising chapter of the Jewish immigrant experience. With candor and wit, she reveals a series of memories and insights that would never have been possible if she hadn't been drawn toward a pair of boxing gloves during a physical therapy session. In a story that will captivate and inspire women and men, athletes and nonathletes, Klein shows us that if we turn over the "e;weird stones"e; on our path, the ones we usually ignore, we may find ourselves on an unexpected journey that will summon vitality back into our lives.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 30.3.2010
• Reihe/Serie: Excelsior Editions
• Reihe/Serie: Excelsior Editions
• Reihe/Serie: Excelsior Editions
• Reihe/Serie: Excelsior Editions
• Zusatzinfo: 24 b&w photos
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 140 x 140 mm
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Kampfsport / Selbstverteidigung
• ISBN-10: 1-4384-3003-5 / 1438430035
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4384-3003-4 / 9781438430034