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The Running-Shaped Hole by Robert Earl Stewart

A memoir about how running saved one man's life.

A memoir about how running saved one man's life

When Robert Earl Stewart sees his pants lying across the end of his bed, they remind him of a flag draped over a coffin hiscoffin. At thirty-eight years old he weighs 368 pounds and is slowly eating himself to death. The only thing that helps him deal with the fear and shame is eating. But one day, following a terrifying doctor's appointment, he goes for a walk an act that setsThe Running-Shaped Holein motion. Within a year, he is running long distances, fulfilling his mother's dying wishes, reversing the disastrous course of his eating, losing 140 pounds, and, after several mishaps and jail time, eventually running the Detroit Free Press Half-Marathon.

At turns philosophical and slapstick, this memoir examines the life-altering effects running has on a man who, left to his own devices, struggles to be a husband, a father, a son, and a writer. (From Dundurn Press)

Robert EarlStewart is a writer and poet. His first book of poetry,Something Burned Along the Southern Border, was shortlisted for the Gerald Lampert Memorial Award. Stewart lives in Windsor, Ont.

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