Fight Night ('A Gem: humour and hope in the face of suffering' Observer),Fight Night ('A Gem: humour and hope in the face of suffering' Observer) - kn

FROM THE WRITER OF THE OSCAR-WININNG WOMEN TALKINGINTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING AUTHORLONGLISTED 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