Disability History Month book giveaway: Sitting Pretty by Rebekah Taussig

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Date and time: Thu 01 December 2022
Location: All UWE Bristol Libraries, Further info
Contact: UWE Bristol Library librarycomms@uwe.ac.uk
Cost: Free
Attendance: Booking not required

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Throughout November and December, UWE Bristol Library is hosting Disability History Month book giveaways, to raise awareness about disability history, issues surrounding stigma, and people's experiences of living with a disability.

We'll be hiding the giveaway books around our campuses, and we'll be posting location clues on our Instagram Stories. If you find a book, it's yours to keep. This book giveaway features Sitting Pretty: The View from My Ordinary Resilient Disabled Body by Rebekah Taussig. This memoir evokes a bold account of a life spent paralyzed. In 256 pages, Rebakah brings the reader along with her in this memoir about her journey from a disheartened teen to an impassioned advocate.

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