Memoir
Lunging into the Underbrush
A Life Lived Backward
- Publisher
- Linda Leith Publishing
- Published
- April 2021
- Pages
- 247
- Price
- $21.95
- ISBN
- 9781773900797
- Language
- English
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In 1970, David Homel escaped the American draft by moving to Paris. But a hiking accident in Spain led to a harrowing journey through botched surgeries, opiate addiction, the loneliness of a crippled traveler, and the constant pain that would define his life for years to come. Today, planning to stay in the game as long as possible, he has a few ideas about how to do just that.
By confronting body image issues, performance anxiety, and the challenges of desire, Homel draws an affecting portrait of the battle between Eros and Melancholy. Which one will prevail in this story we call our lives?
SHORTLISTED for the 2021 Miramichi Reader Very Best Book Award SHORTLISTED for the 2022 J.I. Segal Award for Best Quebec Book on a Jewish Theme
Description from the publisher Linda Leith Publishing, seen in October 2026 · Source ↗
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