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The bone cage by angie abdou the bone cage by angie abdou warning. Digger, an 85kilo wrestler, and sadie, a 26yearold speed swimmer, stand on the verge of realizing every athletes dream winning a gold medal at the olympics. Angie abdou official website of the author the bone cage. Angie teaches english at cranbrooks college of the rockies and is a ph. Dave bought it for me because he heard about it on canada reads and thought it would interest me because i worked on a series called sport and society last year that focussed on. The bone cage bone cage paperback skip to main content. This book will be defended by georges laraque who is a retired hockey player and knows all about the roles and duties of being in a sport. There have been countless books written about the major sports, but in this novel abdou takes a chance and focuses on two relatively lesser known sports, wrestling and distance swimming.
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