I’ve never had the opportunity to play, though I trained in martial arts for ten years, so I’m no stranger to aggressive sports that often involve injuries and mishaps. Throughout Montesanti’s memoir, readers follow her experiences with learning (and loving) roller derby-from watching a scrimmage during recruit night in the first chapter to attending the Worldwide Roller Derby Convention in the penultimate chapter-as past abuse from her mother, social anxieties, and an unhealthy body image become more apparent. Louis with her longtime girlfriend, Kelly.
The unpredictability and violence of the sport was magnetic in its appeal-it was an arena I already understood.” Here, Montesanti is referring to roller derby, a sport she finds after moving to St. In her new memoir Brace for Impact, Gabe Montesanti writes, “I was looking for a community, but I also wanted to feel pain.
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