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The Sweetheart
The Sweetheart: A Novel | Angelina Mirabella
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"It's 1953 and seventeen-year-old Leonie Putzkammer is cartoonishly tall and curvaceous, destined to spend the rest of her life waiting tables and living with her widowed father Franz in their Philadelphia row house. Until the day legendary wrestling promoter Salvatore Costantini walks into the local diner and offers her the chance of a lifetime. Leonie sets off for Florida to train at Joe Pospisil's School for Lady Grappling. There, she transforms into Gorgeous Gwen Davies, tag-team partner of legendary Screaming Mimi Hollander, and begins a romance with the soon-to-be Junior Heavyweight Champion Spider McGee."--
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Jillybeane
The Sweetheart: A Novel | Angelina Mirabella
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Mehso-so

It‘s well-written and flows well, but something about the second-person narration didn‘t sit well with me. It‘d make a good movie, in the vein of A League Of Their Own.

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Jillybeane
The Sweetheart: A Novel | Angelina Mirabella
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Tryna start my #readingwomenchallenge and also observe the Thou Shalt Not Disturb Thy Dog‘s Slumber rule 😂

For A book about a woman athlete

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Marla
The Sweetheart: A Novel | Angelina Mirabella
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Pickpick

This was a topic I had no idea was going on during the 50's. Who knew women were professional wrestlers. Very good read.

DitrieMarieBowie Wow, learn something new every day! 9y
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