Fighting for Survival

Fighting for Survival
Author :
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages : 317
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781538153598
ISBN-13 : 1538153599
Rating : 4/5 (98 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Fighting for Survival by : Christy Martin

Download or read book Fighting for Survival written by Christy Martin and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2022-06-22 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you were riveted by the Netflix documentary Untold: Deal with the Devil, find out Christy Martin’s whole story in this fascinating autobiography. Boxing legend Christy Martin was a trailblazer in the ring and continues to be an inspiration to female fighters across the globe. She is without a doubt the most important woman in the history of female combat sports. But behind the scenes Martin was in a losing battle, unable to express her true sexual identity and struggling to survive sexual and domestic abuse at the hands of her husband. In Fighting for Survival: My Journey through Boxing Fame, Abuse, Murder, and Resurrection, Christy Martin recounts her harrowing yet inspiring story. Growing up in a small town in West Virginia, Martin felt forced to keep her sexual orientation hidden to please her family and the sports world, eventually agreeing to a sham marriage with coach Jim Martin. While she rose to prominence in the world of boxing, Martin was secretly contending with substance abuse, domestic violence, and an attempted murder by her husband, who left her to die on their bedroom floor. Fighting for Survival reveals how Martin battled back to life from her near-death experience, how she overcame abuse, violence, addiction, and 40 years of living in the closet, and how she turned her pain into victory and debasement into triumph. Her story is one of hope and self-belief, an inspiration for anyone struggling to break the chain of abuse or who fears to be open about their sexual orientation. It is more than the story of a boxing champion; it is the story of a survivor.


Fighting for Survival Related Books

Fighting for Survival
Language: en
Pages: 317
Authors: Christy Martin
Categories: Self-Help
Type: BOOK - Published: 2022-06-22 - Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

If you were riveted by the Netflix documentary Untold: Deal with the Devil, find out Christy Martin’s whole story in this fascinating autobiography. Boxing le
Fight for Survival
Language: en
Pages: 113
Authors: Jessica Freeburg
Categories: Juvenile Nonfiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-08 - Publisher: Capstone

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

"In a narrative nonfiction format, follows people who experienced the Holocaust"--
Fighting for Survival
Language: en
Pages: 0
Authors: Rick Raymos
Categories: Predation (Biology)
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-08 - Publisher:

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Text and photographs look at different predatory animals.
How to Fight a Bear . . . and Win
Language: en
Pages: 257
Authors: Bathroom Readers' Institute
Categories: Humor
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-10-01 - Publisher: Simon and Schuster

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

A humorous guide to surviving in the wilderness, that also might make you want to avoid the wilderness forever. For more than twenty-five years, Uncle John’s
The Salmon: Their Fight for Survival
Language: en
Pages: 668
Authors: Anthony Netboy
Categories: Nature
Type: BOOK - Published: 1974 - Publisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Company

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Complete story of the salmon and their fishing in the Atlantic & pacific oceans.