{"product_id":"9781398716346","title":"Leg","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e* A MOST-ANTICIPATED SUMMER READ SELECTED BY * Washington Post *Buzzfeed * Bustle * The Advocate * LitHub * Bookriot * Electric Literature * and more!*\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA 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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Leg is intimate (and I mean that in all ways), insightful, and often laugh-out-loud funny.'' - SCOTT SIMON, NPR\u003cbr\u003e''One hell of an entertaining book.'' - BUZZFEED, Most Anticipated LGBTQ+ Books of 2023\u003cbr\u003e''Greg Marshall is one helluva storyteller . . . bright, bold, and beauitful.'' -ISAAC FITZGERALD\u003cbr\u003e''A strange, smutty, hilarious, beautiful, compassionate, provoking, big-hearted, sharp-tongued, original, brilliant memoir. I hated to see it end.''  - ELIZABETH McCRACKEN\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGreg 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLeg\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43128752734386,"sku":"9781398716346","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781398716346_333fb6f8-afb5-4b02-b332-841f5e96f58e.jpg?v=1786019262","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9781398716346","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}