LEADER 04058cam 22006017i 4500001 on1380687076 003 OCoLC 005 20230804112537.0 006 m o d 007 cr cnu---unuuu 008 230531s2023 nyu o 000 0aeng d 020 9781647007638 |qelectronic book 020 1647007631 |qelectronic book 020 |z1419763601 020 |z9781419763601 035 (Sirsi) o1380687076 035 (OCoLC)1380687076 037 31B808FB-A699-4286-8705-5BAD33ED94D3 |bOverDrive, Inc. |nhttp://www.overdrive.com 040 YDX |beng |erda |cYDX |dTEFOD |dYDX |dHTM |dOCLCF |dERE |dUtOrBLW 043 n-us--- 049 EREE 050 4 HQ75.8.M37 |bA3 2023eb 082 04 306.76/62092 |223/eng/20230619 100 1 Marshall, Greg |c(Essayist), |eauthor. |=^A1461457 245 10 Leg : |bthe story of a limb and the boy who grew from it : a memoir / |cGreg Marshall. 264 1 New York, NY : |bHarry N Abrams, |c[2023] 300 1 online resource 336 text |btxt |2rdacontent 337 computer |bc |2rdamedia 338 online resource |bcr |2rdacarrier 520 "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, a diagnosis that has been kept from him since birth. (His parents always told him he just had "tight tendons" and left it at that.) 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 startlingly original 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."--Amazon.com. 588 Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 29, 2023). 600 10 Marshall, Greg |c(Essayist) |=^A1461457 650 0 Gay people with disabilities |zUnited States |vBiography. |=^A1345293 650 0 Gay men |zUnited States |vBiography. |=^A413849 650 0 Cerebral palsied |zUnited States |vBiography. |=^A234561 650 7 Cerebral palsied. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00851303 650 7 Gay men. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00939117 650 7 Gays with disabilities. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01201899 651 7 United States. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01204155 |?UNAUTHORIZED 655 7 Autobiographies. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01919894 655 7 Biographies. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01919896 655 7 Autobiographies. |2lcgft 776 08 |iPrint version: |z1419763601 |z9781419763601 |w(OCoLC)1338832875 856 40 |3Ebook Central |uhttps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/eastcarolina/detail.action?docID=30473926 938 YBP Library Services |bYANK |n305388327 949 Click on web address |wasis |hjoyner96 |ojwjh 949 Click on web address |wasis |hhsl102 |ojwjh 994 C0 |bERE 596 1 4 998 6158988