Go the Way Your Blood Beats

Vivid, engaging… this insightful memoir sheds light on the author’s life as a disabled gay man who is often rendered invisible – Andrew McMillan * Guardian *A frank and intimate memoir written with an incredible clear-eyed intensity * Claire Fuller *The magic of Emmett De Monterey’s book is its disarming accessibility. Compulsive reading, unique, this beautifully crafted work is suffused with depth, affection, and remarkable observations. De Monterey is a profoundly gifted writer. * Charlotte Fox Weber *Exploring the reality of growing up gay and disabled in 1980s London, this beautiful memoir is as uplifting as it is devastating, and as funny and wise as it is profound. * iNews *Astonishing, illuminating and enriching. * Matt Cain *There is a tension, brilliantly evoked throughout, in the paradoxically hyper-visible but invisible disabled body and how it relates to notions of being “out”. * The Guardian *

Emmett de Monterey is a trained psychotherapist. He lives in London with his husband and their dog. Go the Way Your Blood Beats is his first book.