{"product_id":"b08x97jsh2","title":"Punching Bag","description":"\u003cp\u003eA New York Public Library Best Book of 2021\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe companion to Rex Ogle’s award-winning  Free Lunch  is a searing account of adolescence in a household torn by domestic violence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePunching Bag  is the compelling true story of a high school career defined by poverty and punctuated by outbreaks of domestic abuse. Rex Ogle, who brilliantly mapped his experience of hunger in  Free Lunch , here describes his struggle to survive; reflects on his complex, often paradoxical relationship with his passionate, fierce mother; and charts the trajectory of his stepdad’s anger. Hovering over Rex’s story is the talismanic presence of his unborn baby sister.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThrough it all, Rex threads moments of grace and humor that act as beacons of light in the darkness. Compulsively readable, beautifully crafted, and authentically told,  Punching Bag  is a remarkable memoir about one teenager’s cycle of violence, blame, and attempts to forgive his parents―and himself.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ANT","offers":[{"title":"Ebook","offer_id":52836975476952,"sku":"YSL64327","price":4.54,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0835\/3356\/2072\/files\/61qiSEQZ7ML._SY1500.jpg?v=1793275976","url":"https:\/\/www.bookmebay.com\/products\/b08x97jsh2","provider":"BookMebay","version":"1.0","type":"link"}