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    One More Theory About Happiness: A Memoir
    One More Theory About Happiness: A Memoir
    One More Theory About Happiness: A Memoir
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    One More Theory About Happiness: A Memoir

    By Paul Guest

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    “In these lyrical, searing pages, Guest manages to break our hearts and put them back together again.”
    —Ann Hood

    In the tradition of Lucy Grealy’s Autobiography of a Face, One More Theory About Happiness is a bold and original memoir from the acclaimed, Whiting Award-winning poet Paul Guest, author of My Index of Horrifying Knowledge. A remarkable account of the accident that left him a quadriplegic, and his struggle to find independence, love, and a life on his own terms, One More Theory About Happiness has been praised by Charles Bock, author of Beautiful Children, as, “Smart and honest and clear eyed and above all, humane.”

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherOpen Road Integrated Media
    Release dateApr 20, 2010
    ISBN9780061992520
    One More Theory About Happiness: A Memoir
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    Paul Guest

    Paul Guest is the author of three poetry collections, The Resurrection of the Body and the Ruin of the World, which won the 2002 New Issues Prize in Poetry; Notes for My Body Double, which won the 2006 Prairie Schooner Book Prize; and My Index of Slightly Horrifying Knowledge. The recipient of a 2007 Whiting Award, he lives in Atlanta, Georgia.

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    • 5/5
      Paul Guest is writing from a place you would never, ever, choose to be and yet there he is, amazingly wonderful in expressing how it is to be there. "You need to walk in my shoes" to know what someone's life is all about--- "walking" being precisely the wrong word to use in this case----is exactly what this book helps to do. Paul completely understands peoples' hesitations in dealing with him because he has so many of his own. He could write much more about his own personal life experiences because there is so much we can learn from someone who is so capable, intelligent, expressive, etc., etc.
    • 3/5
      This memoir by a quadriplegic is written factually, without niceties or minced words, about his life since an accident when he was 12 years old changed his life forever. He writes almost without emotion, wanting no pity, but needing to tell his story. After his bike accident, two men picked him up and only put him down because they saw his head loll to the side. He'll never know if that action caused more damage, but probably the die was cast anyway.We've all looked at such a person and wondered about their daily life. Well, here it is; straight talk, factual. Despite his efforts, the reader feels terribly for him having to have absolutely everything done for him. Through courage and daily facing of reality, Guest finished college and found work. Best of all, he discovered writing and after beginning with poetry, has written five books now. And another victory, he dealt with insecurity with girls and is now engaged. I'm glad I read his book.
    • 4/5
      Paul was a gifted, smart, but regular kid, at least until his 6th grade graduation party. That day, a ride on a bicycle with failing brakes left him with a broken neck and no feeling below his shoulders. One More Theory About Happiness is about finding a way to a new life when the one you thought you'd live is impossible. Paul takes small strides in his physical recovery and turns them into profound ways to participate in and add to the world around him. This book is no "poor me" story. Rather, it's the tale of becoming more than you thought you could be with less than you thought you had.

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