Roughhouse Friday by Jaed Coffin Book

Original price is $27.00 / $36.50 Canada The Story • The Journey: Jaed Coffin finishes college and takes a long, solo sea kayak trip to Sitka, Alaska. • The Boxing Club: He works as a tutor and feels lost. He hears boxers training down the hall in a gym and joins their club. • The Fights: His coach, Victor, invites him to fight in "Roughhouse Friday," a monthly amateur boxing event in southeast Alaska. Main Themes • Masculinity: Coffin examines what it means to be a man. He looks at his own father's military background and old ideas about toughness. • Identity: He is the son of a Thai mother and an American father who left when he was young. Boxing helps him face his anger and search for a sense of belonging.