Taussig, Rebekah
Sitting Pretty: The View from My Ordinary Resilient Disabled Body
- ISBN 13:
- 9780062936806
- author:
- Taussig, Rebekah
- format:
- Paperback / softback
- publisher:
- HarperOne
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2021
- Pages:
- 256
- Dimensions:
- 20.3 x 13.5 x 1.5 centimeters (0
- Genre:
- Fiction & Literature, Literary Collections, Essays,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 7 working days
Description
Sitting Pretty: A memoir-in-essays from disability advocate Rebekah Taussig explores what it means to live in a body that doesn't fit. Growing up as a paralyzed girl, Rebekah longed for stories that allowed disability to be complex and ordinary, uncomfortable and fine, painful and fulfilling.
Through poignant and lyrical essays, Taussig reflects on the rhythms and textures of living with a disability, including the complications of kindness and charity, intimacy, and the pervasiveness of ableism in everyday media. Her writing challenges us to be patient and vigilant, practical and imaginative, kind and relentless.
This powerful memoir invites readers to consider the need for more stories and more voices to understand the diversity of humanity, and to join the conversation about creating a different story - one that values complexity, comfort, and fulfillment in all its forms.
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