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Such a Pretty Girl : a Story of Struggle, Empowerment, and Disability Pride.

"Such a Pretty Girl is Nadina LaSpina's story--from her early years in her native Sicily, where still a baby she contracts polio, a fact that makes her the object of well-meaning pity and the target of messages of hopelessness; to her adolescence and youth in America, spent almost entirely...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: LaSpina, Nadina
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : New Village Press, 2019.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a Part I: Che peccato: what a shame. Riposto -- The best hospital -- Blood sisters -- Blythedale -- The real world -- Better off -- A place where I never want to go back -- Part II: Fighting back. We can fight for our rights -- Just one of the graduate students -- The handicapped teacher -- Amputation -- You do what you have to do -- Not a real cheery picture -- Part III: Love and activism. Love and activism on two continents -- Free our people -- No need to settle -- The handsome new guy -- Dead of winter -- Danny -- Crips are beautiful -- Part IV: Come sono contenta: how happy I am. Vado via contenta: I'm going away happy -- Come sono contenta: how happy I am -- Thank you, life -- I promise we'll have fun -- Riposto. 
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