Eason Sports Book of the Year, in association with Ireland AM

Winner 2021

Fight or Flight

By Keith Earls

With - Tommy Conlon

My Life, My Choices

Keith Earls collaborated with Tommy Conlon on his autobiography. Conlon is a sportswriter with the Sunday Independent and the co-author of three previous autobiographies. A native of Ballinamore, Co. Leitrim, he has lived in Limerick for many years and is a match day regular at the city’s famous venues – Thomond Park, the Gaelic Grounds and the Markets Field.

About Keith Earls...

Keith Earls has become one of the most admired and respected players of his generation. A British & Irish Lion, he is still playing at the top of his game for Ireland and in the famous red of Munster. A lethal finisher blessed with a sprinter’s speed, Earls is the second-highest try scorer of all time for his country. Yet, Earls has achieved these milestones whilst being racked by private battles with his mental health for most of his career. His natural talent brought him into the privileged bastion of elite rugby union and this honest, inspirational autobiography tells the story of his long struggle to reconcile those two worlds. Fight Or Flight: My Life, My Choices is a confessional, intimate and courageous story of the pain that was a constant companion to the glory.

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