{"product_id":"dirtbag-massachusetts-a-confessional-9781635573978","title":"Dirtbag, Massachusetts: A Confessional","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e Top 10 Memoir of the Season\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eBookPage \u003c\/i\u003eMost Anticipated Book of 2022\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Any fool can confess. It's the rare writer who reveals, and \u003ci\u003eDirtbag, Massachusetts\u003c\/i\u003e is a heart on the sleeve, demons in check, eyes unblinking, unbearably sad, laugh-out-loud funny revelation.\"\u003c\/b\u003e-\u003cb\u003eMARLON JAMES, author \u003ci\u003eof Moon Witch, Spider King\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIsaac Fitzgerald has lived many lives. He's 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 \u003ci\u003eDirtbag, Massachusetts\u003c\/i\u003e, Fitzgerald, with warmth and humor, recounts his ongoing search for forgiveness, a more far-reaching vision of masculinity, and a more expansive definition of family and self. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFitzgerald's memoir-in-essays begins with a childhood that moves at breakneck speed from safety to violence, recounting an extraordinary pilgrimage through trauma to self-understanding 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGritty and clear-eyed, loud-hearted and beautiful, \u003ci\u003eDirtbag, Massachusetts\u003c\/i\u003e is a rollicking book that might also be a lifeline.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/19\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781635573978\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal Prepub Alert\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2021 pg. 21\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/15\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/18\/2022\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Isaac Fitzgerald","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42148940513461,"sku":"9781635573978","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_3c9dcd57-d1ed-4c0f-915b-e2ef094f53bc.jpg?v=1653486657","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/dirtbag-massachusetts-a-confessional-9781635573978","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}