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A New York Public Library Best Book of 2021
The companion to Rex Ogle’s award-winning
Free Lunch
is a searing account of adolescence in a household torn by domestic violence.
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
, 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 humor that act as beacons of light in the darkness. Compulsively readable, beautifully crafted, and authentically told,
is a remarkable memoir about one teenager’s cycle of violence, blame, and attempts to forgive his parents—and himself.
The companion to Rex Ogle’s award-winning
Free Lunch
is a searing account of adolescence in a household torn by domestic violence.
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
, 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 humor that act as beacons of light in the darkness. Compulsively readable, beautifully crafted, and authentically told,
is a remarkable memoir about one teenager’s cycle of violence, blame, and attempts to forgive his parents—and himself.
A New York Public Library Best Book of 2021
The companion to Rex Ogle’s award-winning
Free Lunch
is a searing account of adolescence in a household torn by domestic violence.
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
, 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 humor that act as beacons of light in the darkness. Compulsively readable, beautifully crafted, and authentically told,
is a remarkable memoir about one teenager’s cycle of violence, blame, and attempts to forgive his parents—and himself.
The companion to Rex Ogle’s award-winning
Free Lunch
is a searing account of adolescence in a household torn by domestic violence.
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
, 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 humor that act as beacons of light in the darkness. Compulsively readable, beautifully crafted, and authentically told,
is a remarkable memoir about one teenager’s cycle of violence, blame, and attempts to forgive his parents—and himself.
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