{"product_id":"punching-bag","title":"Punching Bag","description":"A New York Public Library Best Book of 2021\nThe companion to Rex Ogle’s award-winning Free Lunch is a searing account of adolescence in a household torn by domestic violence.\nPunching Bag is the compelling true story of a high school career defined by poverty and punctuated by outbreaks of domestic abuse. Rex Ogle, who brilliantly mapped his experience of hunger in Free Lunch, here describes his struggle to survive; reflects on his complex, often paradoxical relationship with his passionate, fierce mother; and charts the trajectory of his stepdad’s anger. Hovering over Rex’s story is the talismanic presence of his unborn baby sister.\nThrough it all, Rex threads moments of grace and humor that act as beacons of light in the darkness. Compulsively readable, beautifully crafted, and authentically told, Punching Bag is a remarkable memoir about one teenager’s cycle of violence, blame, and attempts to forgive his parents―and himself.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 132401623X\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: HBSV.132401623X.VG\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Very Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Ogle, Rex\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Book is in very good condition and has little to no writing, underlining, and or highlighting. Cover may have some cosmetic wear.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"The Happy Book Stack ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52294443008301,"sku":"HBSV.132401623X.VG","price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0855\/6799\/6205\/files\/132401623X-0.jpg?v=1786653624","url":"https:\/\/www.thehappybookstack.com\/products\/punching-bag","provider":"The Happy Book Stack ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}