# A History of Running Away

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- Book: [A History of Running Away](https://www.bookquiver.com/paula-mcgrath/a-history-of-running-away) ([A History of Running Away.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/paula-mcgrath/a-history-of-running-away.md))
- Authors: [Paula McGrath](https://www.bookquiver.com/paula-mcgrath)
- Publisher: john_murray
- ISBN: 978-14-7364-178-5
- Pages: 1
- Published: 2018-05-03
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

Book of the Year in the Irish Times 'A wonderful storyteller' Joseph O'Connor On the quays of Dublin, Jasmine is running, training for a fight she can't compete in. It's 1982 and boxing is illegal for girls. For Jasmine boxing is everything: after running away from home, and narrowly escaping a risky situation in London, it is all she has to claim as her own. But with a legal fight impossible, and a ghost from her past on her trail, where can it end? A History of Running Away is a brilliantly written novel about growing up, starting over and learning to fight for yourself.