Results for: books tagged ‘Disability’
Birdy: Naomi Wallace
'A work of astounding originality and imagination.' Daily MailNaomi Wallace's play, based on the novel by William Wharton, was first presented at the Drum Theatre in Plymouth and transferred to ... More
Jacqueline du Pre: Elizabeth Wilson
Authorized by du Pré's husband, Daniel Barenboim, this is the fullest account yet of the life of the brilliant cellist, struck down in her prime by multiple sclerosis. Charting her ... More
A Day in the Death of Joe Egg: Peter Nichols
'This remarkable play is about a nightmare all women must have dreamed at some time, and most men: living with a child born so helplessly crippled as to be, as ... More
A Wedding Story: Bryony Lavery
A Beautiful Mind: Sylvia Nasar
At the age of thirty-one, John Nash, mathematical genius, suffered a devastating breakdown and was diagnosed with schizophrenia. Yet after decades of leading a ghost-like existence, he was to re-emerge ... More
Planet of the Blind: Stephen Kuusisto
A haunting, brilliantly imagined memoir about coming to terms with near-blindness, this is the story of a 'lost man with a speck of something like seeing.' Born prematurely, Stephen Kuusisto ... More
Naked Without a Hat: Jeanne Willis
This gripping and brilliant new novel from award-winning writer Jeanne Willis challenges our perceptions of disability.Teenagers Will and Zara meet at a fairground and fall in love. Zara is chaotic ... More
Seriously Weird: Gene Kemp
'I must have been about six when I realized Troy was different. I think it was one day when he sat on a wet pavement in front of the fire ... More
Motherless Brooklyn: Jonathan Lethem
Lionel Essrog, a.k.a. the Human Freakshow, is a victim of Tourette's syndrome (an uncontrollable urge to shout out nonsense, touch every surface in reach, rearrange objects). Local tough guy Frank ... More
Pigtopia: Kitty Fitzgerald
'Mam says that dad was pigflesh and pigmind, a huge mucky porker that nabbed her by force, then jogtrotted off beyond the farlands when he understood what had been hatched ... More
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