Featherweight (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781838851910)

Annie Perry is born beside the coal-muddied canals of the Black Country, at the height of the industrial revolution. The youngest in a large Romani family who cannot afford to keep her, when she is eight years old Annie is sold as a servant to the famous and feared bare-knuckle boxer Bill Perry, The Tipton Slasher.

Bill is starting to lose his strength, but refuses to give up his crown. When it looks like a fight might become Bill's last, Annie steps into the ring, fists raised in his defence. From that moment she is determined to train and follow in Bill's footsteps, to learn to fight for herself. But Annie has been doing this all along.

A whole new world opens up for Annie, one of love, fortune, family and education, but also of danger. One wrong move, one misstep, and the course of her life will be changed forever.

Author: Mick Kitson
ISBN-10: 1838851917
ISBN-13: 9781838851910
Publisher: Canongate Books
Language: English
Published: 07/13/2021
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.10w x 1.20d

Review Citation(s):
Booklist 05/15/2021 pg. 34