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Mary Louise Eiman's life began with heartbreak. Abandoned by her father, shuffled through the foster care system, and forced to overcome obstacles most people never face, she refused to let her past define her. She built a life filled with friendship, laughter, and unconditional love. Then everything changed. A devastating blood disorder brought relentless infections, unbearable pain, and wounds that refused to heal. Eventually, Mary became bedridden. Most people would have given up. Mary didn't. Instead, she found a new way to touch lives.

Fifty years ago, Norman Mailer asserted, "William Burroughs is the only American novelist living today who may conceivably be possessed by genius." Few since have taken such literary risks, developed such individual political or spiritual ideas, or spanned such a wide range of media. Burroughs...

Nearing the age of forty, with an entire life already lived as a woman, Miles Borrero comes face to face with his father’s impending death. Suddenly realizing he has been stalling his transition for fear of losing his family’s love, this moment catalyzes Miles’s determination to be known as his father’s son. In Beautiful Monster, Miles chronicles his unusual childhood, by turns riveting and hilarious, in ’80s and ’90s Colombia during the Pablo Escobar years, as well as his move to Salt Lake City to pursue acting and the winding trajectory that eventually lands him in New York City.