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Strange Love: How Pro Wrestling Taught Me to Relax and Love My Mom

Ben Peller

ebook | Pages: 46 pages

Rating: 4.5 | 62 Users | 34 Reviews

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This is one of the many intriguing tales of Shawn Michals (NOT to be confused with WWE’s Heartbreak Kid), a young fatherless man from the Midwest who moves to Los Angeles after his mother commits suicide.

Driven by a quest to follow in the steps of those men who have served as his father figures, uncertain if he’s finding his mind or losing it, Shawn enters the world of professional wrestling and the many identities it has to offer.

This story lays bare Shawn’s loss, his quest and self-discovery amidst the chaotic world of professional wrestling. Many people may look at Los Angeles as a place of shallow dreams, just as many may thumb their nose at pro wrestling. But Shawn’s journey reveals otherwise. The art form that is professional wrestling, along with the backdrop of Los Angeles, is an invitation for all to confront, laugh, cry, and to finally accept with gratitude this crazy ride called life.

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Title	:	Strange Love: How Pro Wrestling Taught Me to Relax and Love My Mom
Author	:	Ben Peller
Book Format	:	ebook
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 46 pages
Published	:	2011 by Algonquin Round Table Publishing
Categories	:	Young Adult. Coming Of Age

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I'm not usually one for 99 cent downloads, but being that I enjoyed the author's first book about pro wrestling, "Living the Gimmick," I figured why not. It was AMAZING. Not just about pro wrestling, but about bipolar familial relations. It's like Faulkner in the world of professional wrestling. Peller's a fantastic writer. Definitely worth reading. Now I've got to download "To Live and Drink In L.A." Keep 'em coming, Ben Peller.

Being that tomorrow's Mothers Day, I wanted to do a shout out for this story. It's one of the best in "To Live and Drink In L.A.," and is intense, tragic, and funny. Deals with manic-depression, suicide, and also the crazy world of pro wrestling. Peller manages to pull it off and writes a very gripping tale.

I first discovered this story in the novel "To Live and Drink In L.A." I've never watched pro wrestling, but I wanted to review this because I can relate to having manic-depression run in a family. Definitely worth reading! (As well as "To Live and Drink In L.A." is... but that review comes later). :)

This being Wrestlemania season, had to reread some "pro wrestling" books. This one ranks amongst the highest. It's a 99 cent Kindle about a young man who becomes a pro wrestler to escape the memories of growing up with a bipolar mother who commits suicide when he's a teenager. As he moves up the ranks (in an admittedly very quick fashion) he learns a lot about "the business" but even more about himself. Very surprising and tender look not only at the art of pro wrestling but also the art of

Awesome story that treats both professional wrestling and mental illness with equal respect. Well done.

This is one of the best stories in Peller's "To Live and Drink In L.A." I'm not necessarily a huge pro wrestling fan, but you don't have to be to enjoy this story of a young man's struggle with himself after his mentally unstable mother commits suicide. Not to get too personal, but I could definitely relate. Peller nails the conflicting and vibrant feelings that can assault one when a parent does the unthinkable.

Loved this story. My mom was bipolar, so I feel a sense of this young man's journey. Pretty brilliant. That it was part of "To Live and Drink In L.A." surrounded by so many other awesome stories only enhances its meaning.