Disfigured
Book description
A CBC BOOKS BEST NONFICTION OF 2020
AN ENTROPY MAGAZINE BEST NONFICTION 2020/21
A NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY BOOK OF THE DAY (07/23/2022)
Fairy tales shape how we see the world, so what happens when you identify more with the Beast than Beauty?
If every disabled character is mocked and…
Why read it?
1 author picked Disfigured as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
It’s almost hard to explain what you love about a book that makes you feel seen as a person while digging into the problems seen in fairy tales regarding disability. It’s almost as if I didn’t love the book so much as I needed it.
It feels like necessary reading, in a way. But her writing is also so beautiful. There’s a haunting quality to hearing about the psychological ramifications of fairy tales.
It’s disheartening to think my love for The Little Mermaid might have come from my feeling different and unable to do what some other kids could. It’s…
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