Big Boy

By Zach Neuhaus

A raw, candid account of sexual and physical abuse and how one survives it, Big Boy is also a tale of hope and redemption. Told in a no-nonsense, first-person account, Zach Neuhaus takes us from his Pacific Northwest childhood--where his alcoholic father and codependent mother failed to provide a healthy environment for him--through his bumpy, rough teen years, and finally into his college days and then into his thirties, where he finally found a sense of self-love and security. From the scarred innocence of childhood, the trauma of being "cared for" in a world of sick and broken adults, to the nearly-devastating reality of adulthood, we follow Neuhaus as he slowly matures and becomes--waywardly--a man. Neuhaus explores what lies beneath the first layer of humanity, to show us the sickness, the complexity, and the pain which many of us have experienced as well. Neuhaus explores thoroughly this profound and important question: What does it mean to be a Millennial man in the 21st century? Prominent themes include: Sexual predation; alcoholism; sexism; toxic masculinity; the male psyche; self-love and self-acceptance; redemption; relationships; and much more. This is a memoir which cracks the reader's heart in half and begs to show you The Truth. It will make you think; it will challenge your preconceived notions about sex and gender and abuse; and it will make you cry. But most of all: It will, hopefully, drive you back to that most human of places: Compassion.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1076964478
• ISBN13: 9781076964472
• Release Date: July 2019
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 268 Pages
• Weight: 0.93 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.7" x 6.0"