"Punching Bag is the compelling story of a young adulthood punctuated by domestic abuse. Rex Ogle, who ... mapped his experience of poverty and hunger in Free Lunch, here charts his struggle to survive a brutal and unpredictable cycle of violence between and at the hands of his mother and stepfather, and to understand the history and situation of his damaged family. Hovering over Rex's story is the talismanic presence of his unborn baby sister, herself a victim of these circumstances"--Dust jacket flap.
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