Soar, Adam, Soar

Name: Soar, Adam, Soar
Brand: Tantor Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Rick Prashaw
ISBN: 9781705284568

Author: Rick Prashaw

Narrator: John Dickhout

Unabridged: 8 hr 21 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 02/16/2021

Categories: Nonfiction, Biography & Autobiography, Lgbtq+ Nonfiction, Social Science

Synopsis

Coming out. Coming in. Coming home.

Adam Prashaw's life was full of surprises from the moment he was born. Assigned female at birth, and with parents who had been expecting a boy, he spent years living as "Rebecca Danielle Adam Prashaw" before coming to terms with being a transgender man. Adam captured hearts with his humor, compassion, and intensity. After a tragic accident cut his life short, he left a legacy of changed lives and a trove of social media posts documenting his life, relationships, transition, and struggles with epilepsy, all with remarkable transparency and directness.

In Soar, Adam, Soar, his father, a former priest, retells Adam's story alongside his son's own words. From early childhood, through coming out first as a lesbian and then as a man, and his battles with epilepsy and refusal to give in, it chronicles Adam's drive to define himself, his joyful spirit, and his love of life, which continues to conquer all.

About Rick Prashaw

Rick Prashaw has had a diverse career as a journalist, Catholic priest, executive director of a national NGO, and political staff to members of Parliament. He is a winner of the National Ron Wiebe Restorative Justice Award. Rick lives in Ottawa.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jude

Let me fess up; I am Rick Prashaw, the author's, sister: one of them, the middle one. If you think I'm a wee bit biased you may be right, however, if my brother's book was poorly written I simply would not leave a review; we Prashaws are honest. Who would be consoled, encouraged, perhaps challenged......more

Goodreads review by Evan

Soar, Adam, Soar, by Rick Prashaw, is a truly touching story of a father and son. Rick shows us that a fathers love for his child knows no bounds, when he choose to stick by Adam’s side. At the age of 20, Adam transitions from female to male, even through all his epileptic seizures. Over time Adams......more

Goodreads review by Roberta

What a touching tribute by a loving father to his fascinating and resilient son. This book almost felt co-written as Adam's social media posts were incorporated into Prashaw's narrative. Adam's posts provided a unique insight into his struggles with growing up and epilepsy, and his journey to transi......more

Goodreads review by Tania

Rick this book is a beautiful tribute to your son a amazing man and best friend to so many including myself.. this book is so well written and allows you to meet adam in a way. Its full of joke laughs and tears a great story about a young trans man and the hurdels he had to over come a bitter sweet......more