Punching Bag

Punching Bag
Rex Ogle
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NZ$ 39.99
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NZ$ 33.99
Hardback
h210 x 140mm - 224pg
15 Oct 2021 US
International import eta 7-19 days
9781324016236
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Punching Bag is the compelling true story of a high school career defined by poverty and punctuated by outbreaks of domestic abuse. Rex Ogle, who brilliantly mapped his experience of hunger in Free Lunch, here describes his struggle to survive; reflects on his complex, often paradoxical relationship with his passionate, fierce mother; and charts the trajectory of his stepdad' s anger. Hovering over Rex' s story is the talismanic presence of his unborn baby sister. Through it all, Rex threads moments of grace and humour that act as beacons of light in the darkness. Compulsively readable, beautifully crafted and authentically told, Punching Bag is a remarkable memoir about one teenager' s cycle of violence, blame, and attempts to forgive his parents-and himself.
Rex Ogle was born and raised mostly in Texas. He received the 2020 YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction Award for his memoir Free Lunch. A former children' s book editor in New York City, Rex and his partner now enjoy much nicer weather in Los Angeles.
Status: No local stock, title imported to order
ISBN-13: 9781324016236
Published: 15 Oct 2021
Published In: United States
Imprint: WW Norton & Co
Publisher: WW Norton & Co
Format: Hardback
Height: 210mm
Width: 140mm
Pages: 224

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