Accidents of nature
By: by Harriet McBryde Johnson
Publisher: Andersen Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 229
ISBN-13: 9781842707418
Subjects: Cerebral palsied children; Fiction; Camps; Disabilities; Social Marginality
Description: Jean is seventeen and her life is seriously restricted by cerebral palsy - She has lived as normal a life as is possible but has never left home until she goes to spend ten days at Camp Courage - Here she meets Sara, a young woman who rages against the thoughtlessness of those with able bodies - Jean learns much during this camp, so much that her attitude to life changes profoundly.