Leg, the story of a limb and the boy who grew from it : a memoir, Greg Marshall
Type
Label
Leg, the story of a limb and the boy who grew from it : a memoir, Greg Marshall
Language
eng
resource.biographical
autobiography
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
no index present
Literary form
non fiction
Main title
Leg
Oclc number
1338832875
Responsibility statement
Greg Marshall
Sub title
the story of a limb and the boy who grew from it : a memoir
Summary
"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
Table of 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 -- Heal thy angels -- An unsusual event for your social calendar -- Apr?s Bob -- More ham -- Corey -- Our Camelot, with chickens
Target audience
adult