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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 insight into the life of a successful rugby player who suffers from mental ill-health. Well worth reading even if you are not a rugby fan

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I really liked this book. Fair play to Keith Earls for his visceral honesty. Most sports biographies are pretty poor; they have lots of words that say very little, this one was not like that, very honest and open. I was very impressed with Keith Earls.

I have to add a note on the narrator however. It was very poor, verging on terrible. He mispronounced “Edel” every time, he mispronounced other names in different ways, at different times, throughout the book! I feel aggrieved that I payed money for such poor narration, it’s like he was reading it for the first time and with no research done, does nobody in Audible listen to these before they release them?

Good, honest book…very poor narration.

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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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Great story, brave man for being so honest especially while still playing.
Unfortunately the narrator is completely useless, it was really disappointing, he ruined a great book. He seems to have a large portfolio so I’m sure he can do a good job but it sounded like he didn’t give a damn.
I had to buy the hard copy to give the book a proper chance. Dodgy attempt at accents, huge number of mispronounced words, peoples names, place and club names etc. Did this guy do any research or even read the book before his first take? He didn’t even get his partner Edel’s name right!
I understand why Keith may have felt he couldn’t do the reading himself but after hearing him interviewed on The Late Late Show and Off The Ball he would have done a great job. Why didn’t the narrator listen to these?
He sounds like an American putting on a general Irish accent. Keith and everyone who bought the audiobook deserves this to be re-recorded by someone who prepares for the task properly.

Narrator is useless, really disappointing

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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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