04308cam a2200697 4500 1054442795 TxAuBib 20231203120000.0 ||||||s2022||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781635573985 163557398X B097T5JR84 Amazon e4959e40-952f-488d-b520-cacb8d8f898d OverDrive (Reserve ID) 6367822 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Fitzgerald, Isaac. Dirtbag, Massachusetts [Libby eBook] : A Confessional. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2022. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 3111kB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. Family relationship. Catholic church . homeless shelter. memoir in essays. fingers crossed. buzzfeed books. San Francisco. Knives & Ink. Catholicism. masculinity. rollicking. confession. Body Image. reflection. masculine. Isolation. Bartender. altar boy. pen & ink. marriage. smuggler. New York. fat kid. anger . warmth. Boston. Burma . Humor. abuse. HTML:<b><i>NEW YORK TIMES</i></b> <b>BESTSELLER</b><br /> <b><i>USA TODAY</i> BESTSELLER</b><br /> <b>Winner of the New England Book Award for Nonfiction</b><br /> <b>Winner of the New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association Nonfiction Book of the Year</b><br /> <b><br /> "The best of what memoir can accomplish... pulling no punches on the path to truth, but it always finds the capacity for grace and joy." –<i>Esquire</i>, "Best Memoirs of the Year"</b><br /> <b><br /> A <i>TIME</i> Must-Read Book of the Year</b> <b>* A <i>Rolling Stone</i> Top Culture Pick * A <i>Publishers Weekly</i> Best Memoir of the Season * A <i>Buzzfeed</i> Book Pick * A Goodreads Readers' Most Anticipated Book * A <i>Chicago Tribune</i> Book Pick * A Boston.com Book You Should Read * A <i>Los Angeles Times</i> Book to Add to Your Reading List * An <i>Entertainment Weekly</i> Best Book of the Month</b><br /> Isaac Fitzgerald has lived many lives. He's been an altar boy, a bartender, a fat kid, a smuggler, a biker, a prince of New England. But before all that, he was a bomb that exploded his parents' lives-or so he was told. In <i>Dirtbag, Massachusetts</i>, Fitzgerald, with warmth and humor, recounts his ongoing search for forgiveness, a more far-reaching vision of masculinity, and a more expansive definition of family and self.<br /> Fitzgerald's memoir-in-essays begins with a childhood that moves at breakneck speed from safety to violence, recounting an extraordinary pilgrimage through trauma to self-understanding and, ultimately, acceptance. From growing up in a Boston homeless shelter to bartending in San Francisco, from smuggling medical supplies into Burma to his lifelong struggle to make peace with his body, Fitzgerald strives to take control of his own story: one that aims to put aside anger, isolation, and entitlement to embrace the idea that one can be generous to oneself by being generous to others.<br /> Gritty and clear-eyed, loud-hearted and beautiful, <i>Dirtbag, Massachusetts</i> is a rollicking book that might also be a lifeline. Biography & Autobiography. Literary Criticism. Nonfiction. Sociology. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2023-12-02 20:00:02. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=e4959e40-952f-488d-b520-cacb8d8f898d&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=e4959e40-952f-488d-b520-cacb8d8f898d&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=e4959e40-952f-488d-b520-cacb8d8f898d&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read) TXGID