Dirtbag, Massachusetts a confessional

"Isaac Fitzgerald has lived many lives. He's been an altar boy, a bartender, a fat kid, a smuggler, a biker, a prince of New England. But before all that, he was a bomb that exploded his parents' lives-or so he was told. In Dirtbag, Massachusetts, Fitzgerald, with warmth and humor, recounts his ongo...

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Main Author: Fitzgerald, Isaac (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2022.
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