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Fight or Flight: My Life

By: Keith Earls
Narrated by: Gerard Doyle
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Keith Earls started out in senior rugby as a teenage star and during the course of his long career has become one of the most admired and respected players of his generation.

A British & Irish Lion at the age of 21, he is now closing in on his 34th birthday and still playing at the top of his game. A native of Limerick city, Earls grew up in one of its most socially disadvantaged housing estates. His natural sporting talent brought him into the privileged bastion of elite rugby union.

His frank and fearless autobiography tells the story of his long struggle to reconcile the world whence he came with the world opened up by his brilliance with an oval ball. Earls has maintained a low profile throughout his career. For the first time he will talk in depth and at length about the inner turmoil that went unseen by team-mates, friends and fans. It is a confessional, intimate and courageous story of the pain that was a constant companion to the glory.

©2021 Keith Earls (P)2021 W. F. Howes Ltd Rugby Sports Inspiring Thought-Provoking

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"A top class player, a brilliant team mate, Keith has an incredible story to tell." (Johnny Sexton)
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Great read for anyone not just rugby or sports fans. Will look at this Great sportsman in a different light now,a deeper light. I admire Earl's as a sportsman. Now as a human being too,which is not always the case in the times we are living in.

A book worth giving the chance..

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Great insight into Keith's background being from Moyross, his mental health struggles which he succeeds in conquering. Good look inside Keith's career for IRELAND and Munster. The chapter on defending was one of the best explanations of this aspect of rugby. Well done.

Great insight

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There have been many books written by the generation of players Keith earls is part of, most of them are desperately boring.
This book is different, it is a first hand view not just into the games he played but his life as he played them. It considers his background, so different from most Irish rugby players, the impact of family and community, his exclusion from the socio demographic of his rugby peers. Most importantly it delves deep into the demons that live in Earls' mind, this element of the book reads like a genuine introspection of his own journey and how he became against the odds the player and man he is.
The style of the book is simple and straightforward, comparable to a conversation over a coffee. He states he has purposely tried to keep the language simple, used his own words to make is accessable to as many young people as possible. This alone tells you a lot about the man.
The only drawback is the narration. The reader sounds like they are trying to be authentically Irish; and failing miserably. The small errors grate after a while, the largest being the mispronunciation of Earls' wife's name throughout the whole book. How difficult was that to check?
Thankfully the story rises above the narration to give an all round view of the costs and rewards of dedicating ones life to elite sports.

An honest look into an elite athletes life

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A great insight into the mind of Keith Earls/Hank. You just never know of the turmoil that can go on in the mind of elite sports people at the top of their game despite how they are publically protrayed.

Brilliant

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Inspirational from start to finish. A must read. Moving, courageous and most of all admirable!

Outstanding

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Straight to the point, honest and inspiring story of one of Munster and Irelands greatest

Excellent book

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Great life story from a great man. Loved this book. You really get an insight to a story of Keith’s life and effects of mental health

Brilliant!!

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Absolutely Brilliant. so honest so emotional. nothing but pure honesty. loved it from start to finish

Brilliantly honest.

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A great book that tells the journey of a superb sports boy to a phenomenal sportsman and all the trials and tribulations in between. Mr Keith Earls has done his community, city, province and country very proud on the Worldwide stage and more so through telling his story. I have no doubt his family and friends have been a big part of his journey an they too are very proud of him.
We’ll worth reading.

Munster Hero

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One of the best I've listened to. Keith is inspiring so many people on and off the pitch

Brilliant 👏

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