Gabe instantly falls in love with the sport's roughness, intensity, and open embrace of people who are literally and figuratively scarred.
With no prior experience, she joins Arch Rival, one of the top-ranked roller derby leagues in the world. Louis, she is determined to put the baggage of her childhood behind her. A competitive swimmer, she turned to perfectionism and self-control to create a sense of safety, only to develop an eating disorder and constantly second-guess her instincts. Growing up queer in a conservative Midwestern town, Gabe Montesanti never felt comfortable in her own skin. A powerful and redemptive story of how the dazzling world of roller derby helped one young woman transform her fear and self-doubt into gutsy, big-hearted, adventurous living
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