Publisher's Synopsis
The naivety of childhood delights in these essays from award-winning writer John McNally. McNally details unrequited crushes, taboo fantasies, accidental criminal activity, mental illness, and rescuing his family from a fire. Uncomfortable and self-aware, this collection explores the clumsy stumblings of a young boy on the quest to be the hero of his own story.John McNally is the author of eight books. The collection Troublemakers won the John Simmons Short Fiction Award and the Nebraska Book Award. Currently, he is Writer in Residence at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, and lives in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
