Fitzgerald nestles comfortably on a bar stool beside writers like Kerouac, Bukowski, Richard Price and Pete Hamill . . . An endearing and tattered catalog of one man's transgressions and the ways in which it is our sins, far more than our virtues, that make us who we are

New York Times Book Review

Isaac Fitzgerald's memoir-in-essays is a bighearted read infused with candor, sharp humor, and the hope that comes from discovering saints can be found in all sorts of places

Rolling Stone

Fitzgerald reflects on his origins?and coming to terms with self-consciousness, anger, and strained family relationships. His writing is gritty yet vulnerable

TIME

Fitzgerald never stopped searching for a community that would embrace him. That search took him from San Francisco to Burma (now Myanmar), and he candidly shares the formative experiences that helped him put aside anger to live with acceptance and understanding

Washington Post

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

[Fitzgerald] reflects on how his journey has both formed him as a man and helped to change his views of masculinity, race and identity. And while his recollections are pervaded by considerations of manliness, he never shuts out other genders or ways of being

Los Angeles Times