In Dirtbag, Massachusetts, 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. But before all that, he was a bomb that exploded his parents lives or so he was told.
He's been an altar boy, a bartender, a fat kid, a smuggler, a biker, a prince of New England. Esquire, "Best Memoirs of the Year" A TIME Best Book of the Summer, A Rolling Stone Top Culture Pick, A Publishers Weekly Best Memoir of the Season, A Buzzfeed Book Pick, A Goodreads Readers' Most Anticipated Book, A Chicago Tribune Book Pick, A Book You Should Read, A Los Angeles Times Book to Add to Your Reading List. Gritty and clear-eyed, loud-hearted and beautiful, Dirtbag, Massachusetts is a rollicking book that might also be a lifeline.The best of what memoir can accomplish.pulling no punches on the path to truth, but it always finds the capacity for grace and joy. 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. In Dirtbag, Massachusetts, Fitzgerald, with warmth and humour, recounts his ongoing search for forgiveness, a more far-reaching vision of masculinity, and a more expansive definition of family and self.įitzgerald'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. But before all that, he was a bomb that exploded his parents' lives - or so he was told. 'A heart on the sleeve, demons in check, eyes unblinking, unbearably sad, laugh-out-loud funny revelation' MARLON JAMES * WINNER OF THE 2022 NEW ENGLAND BOOK AWARD FOR NON-FICTION * Click here to purchase from Rakuten Kobo * THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER *
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