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Informazioni sull'operaLeg: The Story of a Limb and the Boy Who Grew from It di Greg Marshall
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. [3.75 stars] It’s a tricky feat to pen a memoir that is both hilarious and heartwarming. Marshall masters this literary juggling act, albeit with a few missteps. Talk about a rollercoaster life. Marshall vividly chronicles his family’s momentous health struggles — including his challenges with cerebral palsy, a diagnosis that was hidden from him for years. Marshall spends a good chunk of the book recounting his comng out as a gay man. One of the book’s flaws is that some vignettes drag on for way too long, a fact that spurred me to skim some of the sections. And now to the humor. As stated in my opening, I found much of the book to be laugh-out-loud delightful. But in an NPR interview, Marshall remarked that his memoir may have had “a little too much bodily humor.” I concur. Some of the graphic passages and dark humor will likely be a turnoff to many readers. That being said, “Leg” is a unique and well-written memoir that underscores a number of valuable life-lessons. ( ) nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
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"A hilarious and poignant memoir grappling with family, disability, and coming of age in two closets--as a gay man and as a man living with cerebral palsy. Greg Marshall's early years were pretty bizarre. Rewind the VHS tapes (this is the nineties) and you'll see a lopsided teenager limping across a high school stage, or in a wheelchair after leg surgeries, pondering why he's crushing on half of the Utah Jazz. Add to this home video footage a mom clacking away at her newspaper column between chemos, a dad with ALS, and a cast of foulmouthed siblings. Fast forward the tape and you'll find Marshall happily settled into his life as a gay man only to discover he's been living in another closet his whole life: He has cerebral palsy, a diagnosis that has been kept from him since birth. (His parents always told him he just had "tight tendons" and left it at that.) Here, in the hot mess of it all, lies Greg Marshall's wellspring of wit and wisdom. Leg is an extraordinarily funny and insightful memoir from a daring new voice. Packed with outrageous stories of a singular childhood, it is also a startlingly original examination of what it means to transform when there are parts of yourself you can't change, a moving portrait of a family in crisis, and a tale of resilience of spirit. In Marshall's deft hands, we see a story both personal and universal--of being young and wanting the world, even when the world doesn't feel like yours to want."--Amazon.com. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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