![]() ![]() Fitzgerald’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. ![]() 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. “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.” – Esquire, “Best Memoirs of the Year” Join us for a reading and conversation in the newly-launched R&D Store. ![]()
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