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Dave recommends Becky Lynch: The Man by Rebecca Quin (a.k.a. Becky Lynch).
Summary
Culled from decades of journal entries, this memoir from WWE superstar Becky Lynch—a.k.a. The Man—delves into her earliest wrestling days, her scrappy beginnings and her meteoric rise to fame.
Raised in Dublin, Ireland, Rebecca constantly invented new ways to make her mother worry: roughhousing with the neighborhood kids, hosting secret parties while her parents were away, enrolling in a warehouse wrestling school, nearly breaking her neck, and almost kneecapping a WWE star before her own wrestling career even began.
With few female wrestlers to look to for guidance, Rebecca pursued a wrestling career, hoping to change the culture and move away from the antiquated disrespect so often directed at the elite female athletes that grace the ring. Even as a teenager, she knew she would stop at nothing to earn a space among the greatest wrestlers of our time and pave a new path for female fighters.
He recommends it because...
"It's the life story of one of the most exciting, fun and funny wrestlers of all time. The wit and humor she uses in her wrestling promos are on full display here, but ultimately, what makes this book such a joy and triumph to read is that it's about a very creative person's struggle with imposter syndrome while trying to fulfill her dreams."
Who might enjoy it?
Wrestling fans, people curious about what the wrestling world looks like from a woman's perspective, anyone who likes funny memoirs and creative individuals struggling with mental health.
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