WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU CL

KEITH,LOIS

ISBN 10: 1565840259 / ISBN 13: 9781565840256

Published by The New Press, 1996

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU CL
• Publisher: The New Press
• Publication Date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1565840259
• ISBN 13: 9781565840256
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: As New

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Synopsis

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.

About the Author

Lois Keith (1950–2023) was a writer, teacher and disability rights campaigner. She wrote several books on teaching English and a variety of articles, poems, and essays on disability issues.