{"product_id":"dirtbag-massachusetts-a-confessional-hardcover-fitzgerald-isaac-hardcover","title":"Dirtbag, Massachusetts: A Confessional -- Isaac Fitzgerald, Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA TIME Best Book of the Summer\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune \u003c\/i\u003eSummer Pick\u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003eGoodreads \u003c\/i\u003eReaders' Most Anticipated Books of Summer\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eBuzzfeed \u003c\/i\u003eSummer Book You Won't Be Able to Put Down\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eBookRiot \u003c\/i\u003eBest Summer Read of 2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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 \u003c\/p\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\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Isaac Fitzgerald\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/19\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.50w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781635573978\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2022 pg. 154\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2022 pg. 14\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIsaac Fitzgerald \u003c\/b\u003ehas been a firefighter, worked on a boat, and was once given a sword by a king, thereby accomplishing three out of five of his childhood goals. Formerly of The Rumpus and McSweeney's, he was most recently the co-host of BuzzFeed News' Twitter Morning Show, #AMtoDM and founding editor of BuzzFeed Books. He is co-author of \u003ci\u003ePen \u0026amp; Ink \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eKnives \u0026amp; Ink\u003c\/i\u003e (winner of an IACP award), and the author of the picture book \u003ci\u003eHow to Be a Pirate\u003c\/i\u003e and a forthcoming YA novel. He uses Twitter. He lives in New York.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Isaac Fitzgerald","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43952647569636,"sku":"9781635573978","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0611\/9587\/8628\/files\/img_5c416c38-69a0-4d72-b8b9-ffe6413dc7ec.jpg?v=1719495445","url":"https:\/\/bookandmortar.com\/products\/dirtbag-massachusetts-a-confessional-hardcover-fitzgerald-isaac-hardcover","provider":"BookandMortar","version":"1.0","type":"link"}