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INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING AUTHOR
'I doubt I'll read a better novel.' Big Issue
'Go Grandma Elvira!' Margaret Atwood
'Wickedly funny and fearlessly honest.' The New Yorker
'Glorious.' Sarah Moss
'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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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.

©2022 Miriam Toews (P)2022 Faber & Faber Fiction Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Small Town & Rural
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Wonderful performances. Storyline is a little windy but I laughed in all the right places (I hope!) and felt sadness too. Lovely.

Fab performances

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I highly recommend this book, it skilfully portrays the familial relationships between three generations of women; it is full of wisdom and humour and is enhanced by the superb narration.

Wonderful book

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Really loved this book grandma is a hoot and has so much energy narrated excellently

Excellent listen

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absolute delight of an audiobook.
firmly recommend! just delightful and real and so easy to be swept into x

charming! real and delightful and incredible narration.

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Didn’t like this much. It was all right after a rocky start but it got so annoying and boring after 50% in. The plot was non-existent, characters became annoying and I really disliked the narration. Mega regret purchase ffs

Drove Me Crazy

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