Anna Freeman

The Fair Fight Anna Freeman

Publisher Marketing: The "Crimson Petal and the White" meets "Fight Club" in this page-turning novel set in the world of female pugilists and their patrons in late-eighteenth-century England. Moving from a filthy brothel to a fine manor house, from the world of street fighters to the world of champions, "The Fair Fight" is a vivid, propulsive historical novel announcing the arrival of a dynamic new talent. Born in a brothel, Ruth doesn t expect much for herself beyond abuse. While her sister s beauty affords a certain degree of comfort, Ruth s harsh looks set her on a path of drudgery. That is until she meets pugilist patron George Dryer and discovers her true calling fighting bare knuckles in the prize rings of Bristol. Manor-born Charlotte has a different cross to bear. Scarred by smallpox, stifled by her social and romantic options, and trapped in twisted power games with her wastrel brother, she is desperate for an escape. After a disastrous, life-changing fight sidelines Ruth, the two women meet, and it alters the perspectives of both of them. When Charlotte presents Ruth with an extraordinary proposition, Ruth pushes dainty Charlotte to enter the ring herself and learn the power of her own strength. A gripping, page-turning story about people struggling to transcend the circumstances into which they were born and fighting for their own places in society, "The Fair Fight" is a raucous, intoxicating tale of courage, reinvention, and fighting one s way to the top." Review Citations: Library Journal Prepub Alert 11/15/2014 pg. 64 (EAN 9781594633294, Hardcover) Library Journal 01/01/2015 pg. 89 (EAN 9781594633294, Hardcover) - *Starred Review Kirkus Reviews 03/01/2015 (EAN 9781594633294, Hardcover) - *Starred Review Publishers Weekly 04/27/2015 (EAN 9781594633294, Hardcover) New York Times Book Review 05/03/2015 pg. 12 (EAN 9781594633294, Hardcover) New York Times Book Review 05/10/2015 pg. 34 (EAN 9781594633294, Hardcover) Contributor Bio:  Freeman, Anna Anna Freeman is the author of The Fair Fight. She supported herself during the writing of this book by bartending at the Hatchet Inn in Bristol, the very pub where this female pugilism took root over two hundred years ago. She lives in Bristol.