A History of Running Away

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.