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Not Without a Fight
This January, we are listening to Not Without a Fight: 10 Steps to Becoming Your Own Champion by professional boxer, model and activist, Ramla Ali.
In her first book, Ramla details ten key fights - a combination of life's constant challenges and real bouts she's endured both in and outside of the ring - that have shaped her remarkable rise to date.
From her arrival in England as a refugee to being drawn to the energy and spirit of her first boxercise class; from the adrenaline of her first amateur fights to how she often powered on alone, searching for a community of women like her, and her biggest win of all: letting love into her life.
Each relatable lesson is packed full of honesty and urgency, powering the reader on to become their own champion.
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Previous titles and authors
Burnt Sugar by Avni Doshi
The story of a mother and daughters love, this book deals with themes of love, sex, memory and grief.
[TW1]Link to Burnt Sugar pageBecoming by Michelle Obama
Discover the former First Lady’s book recommendations, book club questions, and a Q&A all about her bestselling memoir Becoming.
Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo
This Booker Prize-winning novel follows the lives of 12 very different characters and their friends, family and lovers across the country.
Ordinary People by Diana Evans
Set at the time of Obama’s election victory, this book explores big themes like intimacy, grief, parenthood and ageing.