A review by amykuc
Punching Bag by Rex Ogle

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

5.0

 I read Rex Ogle's previous book Free Lunch last year. Punching Bag continues the chronicles of Rex's childhood and teenage years. Neither is an easy read. The author details the many traumas in his life-poverty, the domestic abuse of the adults in his life, child abuse, alcoholism and mental illness. You would think why would you want to read of all that dysfunction. You get to watch Rex grow into a young man who learns how to take control of his life and find happiness even with all the pain. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Child death