Raising a Rare Girl: A Memoir, Hardcover - Heather Lanier

Award-winning writer Heather Lanier's memoir about raising a child with a rare syndrome, defying the tyranny of normal, and embracing parenthood as...

A memoir about parenting, disability, and the strange beauty of being human.

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** Includes foreword from Susie Green, CEO of charity Mermaids **Publisher: Icon BooksAuthor(s): Marlo MackNumber of pages: 256Publication date: 20...

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The vividly told, gloriously illustrated memoir of an artist born with disabilities who searches for freedom and connection in a society afraid of ...

A National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist - the vividly told, gloriously illustrated memoir of an artist born with disabilities who searches fo...

Reducere. In 1965, Alicia Kay Lanier finishes her University journalism studies in Texas and embarks on an exciting career as a daily newspaper reporter in a...

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A provocative and furious book about race, culture, identity and what it means to be an inter-country adoptee in America Julayne Lee was born in So...

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From the guitarist of the pioneering band Sleater-Kinney, a candid, funny, and deeply personal look at making a life-and finding yourself-in music....

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This captivating and deeply emotional memoir pulls back the curtain on the complex relationship women have between their bodies, love, and the way ...

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The Only Girl in the Car. A Memoir - Kathy Doble

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A radically honest account of surviving sexual exploitation in the Irish sex trade, in a psychotherapist's personal account of trauma and the integ...

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An unprecedented and heartfelt memoir that illuminates the lives of rural Chinese workers, offering a portrait of generational strife, family, love...

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Reducere. Jeremy Ivester is a transgender man. Thirty years ago, his parents welcomed him into the world as what they thought was their daughter. As a child,...