"An intimate and unflinching memoir exploring Mia Kangâs journey from self-loathing to self-love Mia Kang is many things: a sought-after model, an immigrant, an eating disorder survivor, and a Muay Thai
fighter. Her first book, Knockout, is the story of how she eschewed normative body standards and learned
to use martial arts to redefine her sense of self-worth. In a charming, fierce, and intimate voice, Kang invites
readers into her world. She once lived and died by her weight, but she is now defined by her confidence in being
a woman who lives outside the mold of what weâre taught is âfeminine.â After dealing with bullying, addiction,
body dysmorphia, anxiety, depression, and even suicidal thoughts, Mia acknowledges that she is lucky to still
be alive to tell readers what sheâs learned: to not let anyone else dictate who you are supposed to be."