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The One You Get: Portrait of a Family Organism

The One You Get: Portrait of a Family Organism

Tougaw, Jason

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ISBN10: 1945814322
ISBN13: 9781945814327
Publisher: Dzanc Books
Published: Sep 12 2017
Pages: 320
Weight: 0.80
Height: 0.80 Width: 5.40 Depth: 8.40
Language: English
In The One You Get: Portrait of a Family Organism, Jason Tougaw marries neuroscience and family lore to tell his story of growing up gay in 1970s Southern California, raised by hippies who had dropped out in the late sixties and couldn't seem to find their way back in. There's something wrong with our blood, the family mantra ran, and it affects our brains--a catchall answer for incidents such as Tougaw's schizophrenic great-grandfather directing traffic in the nude on the Golden Gate Bridge, the author's own dyslexia and hypochondria, and the near-death experience of his notorious jockey grandfather, Ralph Neves.

With shades of Oliver Sacks and Susannah Cahalan, this honest and unexpected true story recasts the memoir to answer some of life's big questions: Where did I come from, How did I become me, and What happens when the family dog accidentally overdoses on acid?

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