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Fight Night

'A Gem: humour and hope in the face of suffering' Observer
By Miriam Toews
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Fight Night by Miriam Toews tells the story of three generations of women navigating life with spirited tenacity. The narrative focuses on young Swiv, her fiercely independent mother, and her unconventional grandmother as they confront life's challenges in their own unique ways. Their witty, heartfelt interactions drive a tale of resilience, love, and the complexities of family bonds.
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'Sets standards for grandmotherly swearing and outspokenness I can never hope to match. Go Grandma Elvira!' Margaret Atwood

'Sets standards for grandmotherly swearing and outspokenness I can never hope to match. Go Grandma Elvira!' Margaret Atwood

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INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING AUTHOR
LONGLISTED FOR THE DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD

'Go Grandma Elvira!' - Margaret Atwood

'Wickedly funny and fearlessly honest.' - The New Yorker

'Glorious.' - Sarah Moss

You are a small thing, and you must learn to fight. Swiv has taken this advice too literally. Now she's suspended from school, in the care of her foul-mouthed, hilarious grandmother. Mom is busy being pregnant, so Grandma gives Swiv a very different education. Swiv learns maths with Amish jigsaws and How to Dig a Winter Grave.

Grandma's methods may be unorthodox, but she has faced the worst of life with a wild, independent spirit and this is what she hopes to pass on. Time is running short. Grandma's health is failing and the baby is on the way—can Grandma inspire this fire in Swiv, and ensure it never goes out?

Poignant, hilarious and deeply moving, Fight Night is a girl's love letter to the women raising her and a tribute to one family's fighting spirit.

'A love letter to our brave and brilliant matriarchs.' - Glamour

'Miriam Toews is a genius.' - R. O. Kwon

'As compelling and hilarious and indecently sad as life can be.' - Financial Times

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Fight Night by Miriam Toews is praised for its wicked humour and fearless honesty. Described as both glorious and beautifully written, the book effectively balances being funny and sad, resonating deeply with readers.

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ISBN: 9780571370733

Publisher: Faber & Faber

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 01 June 2023

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Faber & Faber

Edition: Main

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 16.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 228g

Pages: 272

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About the Author

Miriam Toews is the bestselling author of eight novels: Summer of My Amazing Luck, A Boy of Good Breeding, A Complicated Kindness,The Flying Troutmans, Irma Voth, All My Puny Sorrows, Fight Night and Women Talking and one work of non-fiction, Swing Low: A Life. She is a winner of the Governor General's Award for Fiction, the Libris Award for Fiction Book of the Year, the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize, and the Writers Trust Marian Engel/ Timothy Findley Award. She lives in Toronto.

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