{"product_id":"fighting-is-like-a-wife-9781566896344","title":"Fighting Is Like a Wife","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eFighting Is Like a Wife, \u003c\/i\u003eEloisa Amezcua uses striking visual poems to reconstruct the love story--and the tragedy--of two-time world boxing champion \"Schoolboy\" Bobby Chacon and his first wife, Valorie Ginn. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBobby took to fighting the way a surfer takes to water: the waves and crests, the highs and the pummeling lows. Valorie, as girlfriend, then wife, then mother of their children, was proud of Bobby and how he found a way out of the harsh world they were born into. But the brain-sloshing blows, the women, and the alcohol began to take their toll, and soon Bobby couldn't hear her anymore. With her fate affixed to Bobby's, and Bobby's to the ring, Valorie sought her own way out of this dilemma. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUsing haunting, visceral language to evoke the emotion of the fight, and incorporating direct quotations from sports commentators and Bobby himself, \u003ci\u003eFighting Is Like a Wife\u003c\/i\u003e reveals how boxing, like love and poetry, can be brutal, vulnerable, and surprising.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Eloisa Amezcua\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Coffee House Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/12\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 88\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.90w x 0.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781566896344","brand":"Coffee House Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42439179075721,"sku":"9781566896344","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_162c1184-b8ad-4094-8b71-172fc0e480ad.jpg?v=1716269023","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/fighting-is-like-a-wife-9781566896344","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}