Every Grain of Sand

<p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)><em>2020 Eric Hoffer Grand Prize ShortList Finalist Montaigne Medal Finalist Horizon Award Finalist</em></strong></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)><em>Finalist LGBTQ Non-Fiction 2020 International Book Awards</em></strong></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)><em>Maxy Award Non-Fiction Finalist</em></strong></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)></span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>Every Grain of Sand </em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>is a heartbreaking memoir that I could not put down a story of pain of the search for one's place in the world and of the transformative power of forgiveness. David Wichman has lived a thousand lives-some agonizing some sublime-and we're lucky he survived them all with his talent and compassion intact.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>-Dave Holmes writer producer and television personality; editor-at-large </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>Esquire</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>; author of</span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)> Party of One: A Memoir in 21 Songs</em></p><p><br></p><p>Sexual healer and entrepreneur David P. Wichman has lived through it all: childhood abuse foster care homelessness survival sex work and the blackest pits of drug and alcohol addiction. Despite the darkness he found a profound sense of purpose as a male escort but not the type of provider often seen in the news. His approach to sex work transcended common shame-based belief systems as he brought compassionate intimacy to marginalized men including the elderly disabled and traumatized illustrating a universal need for true connection.</p><p><br></p><p>After white-collar crime landed him in jail David resolved to finally conquer the sense of brokenness that had been driving him to self-destruction throughout his life. In his moving memoir he recounts how his recovery and spiritual journey have revealed to him his inherent wholeness and worth a message of love and belonging that he now carries to others. <em>Every Grain of Sand</em> is a celebration of restoration to a life of joy gratitude and wonder.</p>