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Final Round, The

Subtitle:: The Autobiography of Jane Couch
By:: Jane Couch with Abi Smith
Price:: £19.99
Out:: 9th September 2019
ISBN:: 9781785315626
Format:: Hardback
Size:: 240 x 160
Pages:: 256

Description

The story of one woman and her fight to be able to box. Seeing herself simply as an athlete wanting to do something she loved, Jane Couch found herself ostracised from the male-dominated world of boxing. But Jane fought back - and ultimately ensured that future generations of women in the UK wouldn't face the same discrimination.

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About the author

Jane Couch has collaborated with Abi Smith to tell her story. Abi has ghost-written three books, Kristina Rihanoff: Dancing Out Of The Darkness, Chloe Ayling: Kidnapped and England netball star Geva Mentor's memoir, Leap. She has also written biographies of Russell Howard, Mickey Flanagan and Cara Delevingne. Abi's work has been serialised in the Guardian and Mail on Sunday and she has written for OK!, Entertainment Daily and the Express.

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