Let the Good Times Roll: Prostitution and the U.S. Military in Asia
- ISBN-10
- 1565840259
- ISBN-13
- 9781565840256
- Series
- Let the Good Times Roll
- Category
- Literary Collections / American / General
- Pages
- 343
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1993
- Publisher
- New Press
- Authors
- Saundra Pollock Sturdevant, Brenda Stoltzfus
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.
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.
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.
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