One More Theory About Happiness

by Guest, Paul

• ISBN13: 9780061685170
• ISBN10: 0061685178
• Format: Hardcover
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publications

Summary

Paul Guest was twelve years old, racing down a hill on a too big, ancient bicycle, when he discovered he had no brakes. Steering into anything that would slow down the bike, he hit a ditch, was thrown over the handlebars, and broke his neck.One More Theory About Happiness follows a boy into manhood, from the harrowing days immediately after his accident to his adult life as a teacher, award-winning poet, and soon-to-be husband. With wit, courage, and an unstoppable drive to live a life of his own creation-stemming in part from his remarkable parents, who insisted he return to school only days after arriving home from the hospital-Paul makes peace with his paralysis. As he grows older, he transforms it with his art, cultivating his lifelong gift for language into a searing poetic sensibility that has earned him praise from the highest ranks of American letters (Wonderful”- John Ashbery; Astonishing”-Jorie Graham; Fierce and unnerving”-Robert Hass).An unforgettable story-shatteringly funny, deeply moving, and breathtakingly honest-One More Theory About Happiness takes us from a body irrevocably changed to a life fiercely cherished.