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

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.

About the author

Greg Marshall was raised in Salt Lake City, Utah. A National Endowment for the Arts Fellow in Prose, Marshall is a graduate of the Michener Center for Writers. His work has appeared in The Best American Essays and been supported by MacDowell and the Corporation of Yaddo. Leg is his first book.

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

Product details

• Authors: Greg Marshall, Marshall Greg
• Publisher: Trapeze
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 18.07.2024
• EAN: 9781398716360
• ISBN: 978-1-398-71636-0
• No. of pages: 304
• Dimensions: 128 mm x 196 mm x 26 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; 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, Relating to gay people