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INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
This compelling and candid memoir from WWE superstar Rebecca Quin--a.k.a. The Man, a.k.a. Becky Lynch--delves into her earliest wrestling days, her scrappy beginnings, and her meteoric rise to fame.
Raised in Dublin, Ireland, in a devoutly Catholic family, Rebecca Quin 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--and she was always in search of a thrilling escape from the ordinary.
Rebecca's childhood love of wrestling set her on an unlikely path. With few female wrestlers to look to for guidance, Rebecca pursued a wrestling career hoping to change the culture and move it away from the antiquated disrespect so often directed at the elite female athletes who grace the ring. Even as a teenager, she knew that she would stop at nothing to earn a space among the greatest wrestlers of our time and to pave a new path for female fighters.
Culled from decades of journal entries, Rebecca's memoir offers a raw, exclusive, and honest depiction of the complex woman behind the character Rebecca Quin plays on TV.
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Publisher's Weekly Review
Pro wrestler Quin, who performs as Becky Lynch, delivers an endearing debut memoir about her life and athletic career. Born in Ireland in 1987, Quin began wrestling professionally in 2002 under the name Rebecca Knox, and concentrated initially on playing the role of the "heel," or villain. She joined WWE in 2013, a time in the organization when women "couldn't punch, couldn't throw uppercuts, and were encouraged to pull hair and slap each other." She was a key figure in the move away from such sexist limitations, first making a splash in 2018 when she impulsively slapped champion Charlotte Flair in the face during a match she was scheduled to lose. Though she lost anyway, the Becky Lynch persona was born in that moment: "The one who... was never the best, or the strongest, or the most naturally gifted, but who had heart and fire and fight. They knew what it was like to be passed over for that promotion or not asked to that dance." Quin was a hit with audiences, and she went on to become the first woman to win WrestleMania. She grounds her accomplishments with candid discussions of body image issues, her unglamorous pre-wrestling days as an Aer Lingus flight attendant, and moments when she acted like a "jerk," being petulant at work or an "asshole" on social media. Such honesty sets her account apart from other professional athlete memoirs. Even non--wrestling fans are likely to enjoy this. Agent: Mel Berger, WME. (Mar.)
Booklist Review
Rebecca Quin may be the author's given name, but as one of the most famous World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) female professionals, she plays a character named Becky Lynch, "The Man," when she's in the ring. Having grown up outside of Dublin, Ireland, Quin describes herself as "Satan with a poorly cut bob" who played sports and regularly watched WWE with her brother. Flunking gym class led her to get fit, and she began training at a wrestling school during her teenage years. It wasn't until she dropped out of college that she fully committed to pursuing her dream and unconventional career path: professional wrestler. Told with candor, Quin reveals herself as a vulnerable trailbreaker navigating a male-dominated profession. With each title earned, including SuperGirls champion, first SmackDown Women's Champion, and first woman to win the main event of WrestleMania, Quin gained self-confidence, confronted impostor syndrome, and helped change the culture around female wrestling. This book offers a fascinating peek behind the curtain of a theatrical combat sport, and readers do not need to be WWE fans to connect to this inspirational career journey.