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Leg : the story of a limb and the boy who grew from it : a memoir / Greg Marshall.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Marshall, Greg, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gay people with disabilities--United States--Biography.
- Gay people with disabilities.
- Gay men--United States--Biography.
- Gay men.
- People with cerebral palsy--United States--Biography.
- People with cerebral palsy.
- United States.
- Marshall, Greg (Essayist).
- Marshall, Greg.
- Genre:
- Autobiographies.
- autobiographies (literary works)
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (292 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- 2023.
- New York, NY : Abrams, Inc., 2023.
- Summary:
- "Greg Marshall's early years were pretty bizarre. Rewind the VHS tapes (this is the '90s) 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. Here, in the hot mess of it all, lies Greg Marshall's wellspring of wit and wisdom. Extraordinarily funny and insightful, Leg is packed with outrageous stories of a singular childhood. It is also a unique 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." -- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- I am Spasticus!
- Next week: Debi fights for her life
- Marshall family vibrator
- If I only had a leg
- Never get AIDS
- Suck ray blue
- The john
- Melk
- Seksi
- Our left foot
- Heal thy angels
- An unusual event for your social calendar
- Aprés Bob
- More ham
- Corey
- Our Camelot, with chickens.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9781647007638
- OCLC:
- 1380465786
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