Isaac Fitzgerald

Fitzgerald "recounts his ongoing search for forgiveness, a more far-reaching vision of masculinity, and a more expansive definition of family and self. [His] 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...

Told by the neighborhood boys that she cannot be a pirate, Cece seeks reassurance from her grandfather who knows about boats and has tattoos.