"What happened to you?"
Subtitle: writing by disabled women
By: edited by Lois Keith.
Contributors: Keith, Lois.
Publisher: New Press :Distributed by W.W. Norton & Co.
Published: 1996
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 223
Subjects: Women with disabilities -- Literary collections; Women with disabilities -- United States -- Biography; People with disabilities, Writings of, American; Women and literature -- United States; American literature -- Women authors; American literature -- 20th century
Description: "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."--BOOK JACKET. "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."--BOOK JACKET. "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."--BOOK JACKET.