Waist-high in the world : a life among the nondisabled / Nancy Mairs.
Waist-high in the world : a life among the nondisabled / Nancy Mairs.
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Publisher
Boston : Beacon Press, c1996.
Call Numbers
N362.196834/6
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Language
English
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Physical content
212 p. ; 22 cm.
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Publisher
Boston : Beacon Press, c1996.
Place of Publication
Massachusetts
Date Published
c1996.
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Summary
In Waist-High in the World, Mairs explores in her inimitable voice the subject that has always been in the background of her writing, but which she takes on here for the first time at book-length - disability and the way it shapes a life.
The result is a brave and beautiful book that will open new worlds for readers. It begins with a disavowal ("I cannot begin to write this book....I don't want to think about my crippled life") and ends with a declaration of hope ("I choose joy"). In between, Mairs gives us a brilliant portrait of an issue and experience too rarely portrayed and tal...
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Waist-high in the world : a life among the nondisabled / Nancy Mairs.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-212).
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Date Copyright
c1996.
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N362.196834/6
Record Identifier
74VvZLAoVeOl
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvZLAoVeOl
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ISBN
0807070874 (pbk.)
9780807070864 (cloth)
0807070866 (cloth)
9780807070871 (pbk.)
DDC
362.196834
MMS ID
991004635189702626
