Leg - The Story of a Limb and the Boy Who Grew from It

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. 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 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.

Product details

• Authors: Greg Marshall, Marshall Greg
• Publisher: Trapeze
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.06.2023
• EAN: 9781398716346
• ISBN: 978-1-398-71634-6
• No. of pages: 304
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 220 mm x 30 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Social structure research; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs, Memoirs, HUMOR / Form / Essays, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / People with Disabilities, Disability: social aspects, Of specific Gay interest, SOCIAL SCIENCE / LGBTQ+ Studies / Gay Studies