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Not a Poster Child: Living Well With a Disability

By Francine , Falk-allen

Book information

Publisher
She Writes Press;Ingram Pub Services
Year
2018
ISBN
9781631523915, 9781631523922, 9781631521768, 9781631523144, 1631523910
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
4 MB (4268143 bytes)
Pages
364 pages ;\0
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52

Description

Kirkus Reviews' Best Books of 2018 2018 Sarton Women's Book Awards finalist in Memoir Francine Falk-Allen was only three years old when she contracted polio and temporarily lost the ability to stand and walk. Here, she tells the story of how a toddler learned grown-up lessons too soon; a schoolgirl tried her best to be a "normie," on into young adulthood; and a woman finally found her balance, physically and spiritually. In lucid, dryly humorous prose, she also explores how her disability has affected her choices in living a fulfilling (and amusing) life in every area—relationships, career, religion (or not), athleticism, artistic expression, and aging, to name a few. A clear-eyed examination of living with a handicap, Not a Poster Child is one woman's story of finding her way to a balanced life—one with a little cheekiness and a lot of joy.

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