03435cam a2200337 4500 574032882 TxAuBib 20220507120000.0 ||||||s2021||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780062435804 0062435809 B0756DKQ9M Amazon 41dbb671-91bf-46e4-8036-0115d478e506 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 6032302 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Cumming, Alan. Baggage [Libby] : Tales from a Fully Packed Life. HarperCollins, 2021. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 17MB. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Biography & Autobiography. LGBTQIA+ (Nonfiction.) Literary Criticism. Nonfiction. HTML:<p><strong>"An intimate look at the making of a man, an actor, an advocate—and most importantly—a happy human being. A wonderful book that is funny, honest, fearless, and generous in its vulnerability."</strong> —<strong>Douglas Stuart, Booker Prize-winning author of Shuggie Bain</strong></p> <p><strong>There is absolutely no logical reason why I am here. The life trajectory my nationality and class and circumstances portended for me was not even remotely close to the one I now navigate. But logic is a science and living is an art.</strong></p> <p>The release I felt in writing my first memoir, Not My Father's Son, was matched only by how my speaking out empowered so many to engage with their own trauma. I was reminded of the power of my words and the absolute duty of authenticity.</p> <p>But...</p> <p>No one ever fully recovers from their past. There is no cure for it. You just learn to manage and prioritize it. I believe the second you feel you have triumphed or overcome something – an abuse, an injury to the body or the mind, an addiction, a character flaw, a habit, a person – you have merely decided to stop being vigilant and embraced denial as your modus operandi. And that is what this book is about, and for: to remind you not to buy in to the Hollywood ending.</p> <p>Ironically maybe, much of Baggage chronicles my life in Hollywood and how, since I recovered from a nervous breakdown at 28, work has repeatedly whisked me away from personal calamities to sets and stages around the world. It is also about marriage(s): starting with the break-up of my first (to a woman) and ending with the ascension to my second (to a man) with many kissed toads in between! But in everything, each failed relationship or encounter with a legend (Liza! X Men! Gore Vidal! Kubrick! Spice Girls!), in every bad decision or moment of sensual joy I have endeavored to show what I have learned and how I've become who I am today: a happy, flawed, vulnerable, fearless middle-aged man, with a lot of baggage.</p>. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2022-07-05 20:00:03. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=41dbb671-91bf-46e4-8036-0115d478e506&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=41dbb671-91bf-46e4-8036-0115d478e506&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=41dbb671-91bf-46e4-8036-0115d478e506&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)