A provocative tale of an unlikely contender and her midlife transformation through boxing.ampampquotI peered through the Venetian blinds in our den with its view of the playground next door and watched mournfully as the popular girls played softball. I wanted to run fast hit hard and wear a cute uniform. These girls seemed to know something about life that I didnt.ampampquotWhen Binnie Klein took up boxing in her midfifties the reaction from friends and acquaintances was always the same ampampquotYouampampquot Why after all would a middleaged Jewish psychotherapist with no previous history of athletics take up boxing In Blows to the Head Klein offers a provocative tale of an unlikely contender whose unexpected fascination with boxing takes her beyond the ring and leads her back to her roots and to a surprising chapter of the Jewish immigrant experience.