The Sweetest Thing: A Boxer's Memoir

by Mischa Merz

Book Overview

Journalist and amateur boxer Mischa Merz fulfills a long-held ambition to travel across the United States and compete in a series of amateur boxing tournaments. On this wild and fascinating journey she meets her idols, including Lucia Rijker of Million Dollar Baby fame, and some other truly extraordinary characters. Merz discovers the horrors and delights of the world of women's boxing and gains insights into this eccentric subculture's place in American...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1583229280
• ISBN13: 9781583229286
• Release Date: April 2011
• Publisher: Seven Stories Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.4" x 8.1"