Fight Night: 'A Gem: humour and hope in the face of suffering' Observer

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

FROM THE WRITER OF THE OSCAR-WININNG WOMEN TALKING
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
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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.

‘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

• | Author: Miriam Toews
• | Publisher: Faber & Faber
• | Publication Date: Jun 01, 2023
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• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9780571370733
• | ISBN-10: 057137073X