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Also by Paul Guest:

One More Theory About Happiness: A Memoir, May 2010
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My Index of Slightly Horrifying Knowledge, April 2010
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ONE MORE THEORY ABOUT HAPPINESS: A MEMOIR
By: Paul Guest

Ecco
May 2010
On Sale: May 4, 2010
208 pages
ISBN: 0061685178
EAN: 9780061685170
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction Memoir

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.

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