
Headshot
ABOUT
THE BOOK
Headshot is the story of the eight best teenage girl boxers in the United States, told over the two days of a championship tournament and structured as a series of face-offs. As the girls’ pasts and futures collide, the specific joy and violence of the sport comes to scorching life, and a portrait emerges of the desire, envy, perfectionism, madness and sheer physical pleasure that motivates each of these young women to fight. A portrait of girlhood, a coming-of-age novel and an extraordinarily vivid and immersive exploration of the intense, electric awareness and understanding we can have of our own bodies when focused on physical excellence and competition.
NOMINATING LIBRARY COMMENTS
This was published as a debut novel straight to paperback and is proving to be constantly on our purchase alert and reservation lists.