The Urban Hermit A Memoir
The Urban Hermit A Memoir by Sam Macdonald, published by Picador on November 24, 2009, is a 304-page exploration of personal transformation. In this memoir, Macdonald recounts his unconventional journey of self-improvement, which involved living on just eight dollars a week and consuming only 800 calories a day. This bizarre and challenging plan emerged after years of hard living and weight struggles, leading him to a pivotal moment in his life.
Readers will find a candid and humorous narrative as Macdonald shares his experiences during this year-long endeavor. The memoir details his dramatic weight loss of 160 pounds, his career development as a reporter, and significant life events, including an assignment in Bosnia and meeting his future wife. The Urban Hermit delves into themes of biography and personal memoir, offering insights into the extremes of desperate living and the pursuit of change.
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Sam MacDonald successfully endures a bizarre (and dangerous) plan for self improvement–living on $8 a week and 800 calories a day–in this harrowing, hilarious memoir
When Sam graduated from Yale in 1995, his next stop was a bar stool. But after five years of drinking and hard living, he weighed 340 pounds, was flat broke, and the IRS had caught up with him. In a desperate attempt to save himself, Sam decided to limit himself to a budget of eight dollars a week and eight hundred calories a day. He called it the Urban Hermit Plan. He thought he would do it for a month. Instead, he embarked on a demented year-long journey, lost 160 pounds, got a career as a reporter, flew to Bosnia on assignment, and met the woman who would later become his wife. The Urban Hermit is a funny, irreverent story about desperate living, as told by a man who should have known better.
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