| 'What Happened to You?': Writing by Disabled Women Contributor(s): Keith, Lois (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1565840259 ISBN-13: 9781565840256 Publisher: New Press OUR PRICE: $20.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 1996 Annotation: Lois Keith was thirty-five, with a successful career, two daughters, and a partner of many years, when she was hit by a car and paralyzed from the waist down. Over the next few years, she discovered both a community of disabled people and a paucity of literature and public understanding about their lives. In response, she began soliciting the manuscripts that make up "What Happened to You?", a candid, powerful, and often hilarious collection of fiction, essays, and poetry by women with disabilities. Coming from a wide range of backgrounds and ages, impairments and experiences, the thirty-six women included in the book write on everything from access to abuse, equality to equanimity, in what may well be the definitive volume on living with a disability. At the same time, this anthology tells a universal story about dealing with pain and illness, about overcoming prejudice and unjust legislation, and about the importance, regardless of an individual's fortitude, of creating a community. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections | American - General - Social Science | People With Disabilities |
| Dewey: 081 |
| LCCN: 92053736 |
| Physical Information: 0.87" H x 5.71" W x 8.56" (0.89 lbs) 223 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine - Topical - Physically Challenged |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Lois Keith was thirty-five, with a successful career, two daughters, and a partner of many years, when she was hit by a car and paralyzed from the waist down. Over the next few years, she discovered both a community of disabled people and a paucity of literature and public understanding about their lives. In response, she began soliciting the manuscripts that make up What Happened to You?, a candid, powerful, and often hilarious collection of fiction, essays, and poetry by women with disabilities. Coming from a wide range of backgrounds and ages, impairments and experiences, the thirty-six women included in the book write on everything from access to abuse, equality to equanimity, in what may well be the definitive volume on living with a disability. At the same time, this anthology tells a universal story about dealing with pain and illness, about overcoming prejudice and unjust legislation, and about the importance, regardless of an individual's fortitude, of creating a community. |