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Kellie
Kellie Harrington grew up in Dublin's north inner city and was in danger of going down the wrong path in life before she discovered boxing. Her local boxing club was all-male and initially wouldn't let her join, but she persisted. Her development into an elite boxer was confirmed with medals at the 2016 and 2018 world championships, and crowned with a gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021. Meanwhile, Kellie won the hearts of the Irish public through her sparkling personality. Working with Booker Prize-winning author Roddy Doyle, Kellie will tell the story of her sometimes troubled childhood, her unlikely rise to greatness, and her continuing commitment to living a normal life - which in her case has involved deciding to stay amateur as a boxer and keeping her job as part of the household/domestic staff team at a psychiatric hospital.
Book Details
- Publisher: Sandycove
- Publish Date: Jan 20th, 2023
- Pages: 320
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 9.50in - 6.36in - 1.05in - 1.06lb
- EAN: 9781844886074
- Categories: • Memoirs• Sports• Boxing
About the Author
Kellie Harrington (Author) Kellie Harrington was born in 1989 and grew up in Dublin's north inner city. She started boxing relatively late in her teens, at an otherwise all-male club, but quickly rose to greatness, winning gold at the 2018 world championships and at the Olympic Games in 2021. Roddy Doyle is the Booker Prize-winning author of many celebrated works of fiction, and co-authored Roy Keane's bestselling The Second Half.
Praise for this book
Readers will be with her every step of the way . . . her voice is so radiant--Tommy Conlon, Sunday Independent Doyle has captured the full Kellie experience here, all heart and laughs and a mouth like a sailor--Malachy Clerkin, Irish Times A terrific collaboration. Kellie Harrington's story is unique . . . Doyle coaxes her journey to Olympic gold out of her with warmth, wit and tenderness--Irish Times Books of the Year By the end of this read, you know exactly how to feel about Kellie's life so far. Extraordinary. And the book leaves you in one position: in Kellie's corner--Sinéad Kissane, Irish Independent Perfectly capture[s] the story of a champion who couldn't be stopped from reaching her dreams--Irish Daily Mail