The boy who really, really wanted to have sex
Subtitle: the memoir of a fat kid
By: John McNally
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Elephant Rock Productions, Inc.
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 181
ISBN-13: 9780996864954
Copyright date: 2017
Subjects: American Authors; Biography
Description: John McNally gives readers an honest and often mischievous look at his working-class childhood in midwestern America. This intimate glimpse into McNally's family takes readers through two states, five grade schools, 210 pounds, and a lifetime of insecurity. Like Dickens's David Copperfield, McNally hopes to be the hero of his own story, but unlike David Copperfield, he is a fat boy who breaks kids' noses in karate and has fantasies of living in a nudist camp with his kindergarten teacher. From an explosive night in an Illinois trailer park to tumultuous father-son bonding at an endless stream of flea markets, McNally gives the skinny on life as a fat kid.
Notes: Includes an interview with the author and discussion questions.
Table of contents: title: The fat boy's home; title: The fat boy's fat body; title: The fat boy's education; title: The fat boy's sex life; title: The fat boy coda; title: Author interview; title: Questions for discussion.