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Bloomsbury presents Dirtbag Massachusetts written and read by Isaac Fitzgerald
THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
WINNER OF THE 2022 NEW ENGLAND BOOK AWARD FOR NONFICTION
A heart on the sleeve demons in check eyes unblinking unbearably sad laughoutloud funny revelation MARLON JAMES
Isaac Fitzgerald has lived many lives Hes 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 Dirtbag Massachusetts Fitzgerald with warmth and humour recounts his ongoing search for forgiveness a more farreaching vision of masculinity and a more expansive definition of family and self
Fitzgeralds memoirinessays begins with a childhood that moves at breakneck speed from safety to violence recounting an extraordinary pilgrimage through trauma to selfunderstanding 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
Gritty and cleareyed loudhearted and beautiful Dirtbag Massachusetts is a rollicking book that might also be a lifeline
I felt more alive after reading these essays ALEXANDER CHEE
Isaac Fitzgerald will make you feel absolutely everything ROXANE GAY
This book will be a key in the lock of many hearts and minds EMMA STRAUB
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