Grip

Why does a smart woman make bad choices in men? In the award-winning memoir, Grip: A Memoir of Fierce Attractions, Hamberg revisits the turbulence of her childhood and a string of disastrous relationships looking for an answer. Set in San Francisco in the 1970s, Grip tells the story of a young woman who stood up to an armed attacker, embraced feminism, trained up to her black belt in karate, yet still managed to fall for the worst guy in the room. Winner of the Maui Writers Conference...
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Why does a smart woman make bad choices in men? In the award-winning memoir, Grip: A Memoir of Fierce Attractions, Hamberg revisits the turbulence of her childhood and a string of disastrous relationships looking for an answer. Set in San Francisco in the 1970s, Grip tells the story of a young woman who stood up to an armed attacker, embraced feminism, trained up to her black belt in karate, yet still managed to fall for the worst guy in the room. Winner of the Maui Writers Conference Rupert Hughes Award and the Bay Area Independent Publishers Association Award for “Best Memoir,” Grip explores what it means to be a strong, independent woman, and how, despite the best intentions, it’s easy to get lost along the way. Acclaimed as a page-turner that reads like a novel, it is by turns riveting, poignant and wise.