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A review by grantahedrick
Amateur: A True Story About What Makes a Man by Thomas Page McBee
5.0
I am going to recommend this book to everyone I know this year, and probably next tear too.
An introspective look at masculinity through the eyes of one who chose it, and who has been subject to its whims their entire life. Thomas McBee has once again created a word that will make you think, and see, and experience the the world in totally new ways. From the very first pages this book asks questions that we rarely ask ourselves. And you will find so many instances that will make you look inward as well as outward, to see how you are contributing to the world and it's toxicity. Whether you identify as male, female, neither, or both: this book is an excellent way to examine the world we live in and the men in our lives who inhabit it.
Told with care, attention, and vulnerability, McBee recounts his journey through the masculine heavy world of boxing and how men are molded through it.
If you like sensitive and honest writing, with emotional depth and evocative prose: read this book.
An introspective look at masculinity through the eyes of one who chose it, and who has been subject to its whims their entire life. Thomas McBee has once again created a word that will make you think, and see, and experience the the world in totally new ways. From the very first pages this book asks questions that we rarely ask ourselves. And you will find so many instances that will make you look inward as well as outward, to see how you are contributing to the world and it's toxicity. Whether you identify as male, female, neither, or both: this book is an excellent way to examine the world we live in and the men in our lives who inhabit it.
Told with care, attention, and vulnerability, McBee recounts his journey through the masculine heavy world of boxing and how men are molded through it.
If you like sensitive and honest writing, with emotional depth and evocative prose: read this book.