Rita Bullwinkel’s debut novel “Headshot” takes place in a rundown gym in Nevada, where eight teenage girls are competing in the final rounds of a youth boxing championship. Over the six fights to the final matchup Bullwinkel takes us into their heads and hearts, shows us their families and even time-travels to the future.
Rita Bullwinkel knows a thing or two about the human body and the abuse it can take. In an interview with The Paris Review, the author, who played water polo in college, talked about the beating her body took for a sport few people care about. “My nose and all of my fingers have been broken. One time, when I was 16, I vomited for two days straight because of a full-force kick I took directly to the stomach.
Andi is haunted by thoughts of a 4-year-old boy who drowned in a swimming pool when she was on duty as a lifeguard. Artemis, whose older sisters excelled at boxing, too, worries about not living up to the family legacy.
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