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The View From Down Here
- Author
- Lucy Webster
- Narrator
- Nicola Chegwin, Lucy Webster
- Publisher
- Dorling Kindersley Ltd
- Publish Date
- 7 September 2023
- Run Time
- 6 hours 25 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Rating
- 5.0 (1 review)
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What to expect
Women's lives are shaped by sexism and expectations. Disabled people's lives are shaped by ableism and a complete lack of expectations. But what happens when you're subjected to both sets of rules?
This powerful, honest, hilarious and furious memoir from journalist and advocate Lucy Webster looks at life at the intersection; the struggles, the joys and the unseen realities of being a disabled woman. From navigating the worlds of education and work, dating and friendship; to managing care; contemplating motherhood; and learning to accept your body against a pervasive narrative that it is somehow broken and in need of fixing, The View From Down Here shines a light on what it really means to move through the world as a disabled woman.
© 2023 Lucy Webster © 2023 DK Audio
User Reviews
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Amazing!!! Everyone should read , so useful to hear someone actually talking about care when I have my first meeting about it this week!!!
fishhh 2025-10-09
Details
- Author
- Lucy Webster
- Narrator
- Nicola Chegwin, Lucy Webster
- Duration
- 6 hours 25 minutes
- Release Date
- 7 September 2023
- ISBN
- 9780241644577
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Dorling Kindersley Ltd
- Genre
- Memoirs, Coping with / advice about physical impairments / disability, Women’s health
- Rating
- 5.0(1 review)
- Narration
- 5.0(1 review)
Synopsis
Women's lives are shaped by sexism and expectations. Disabled people's lives are shaped by ableism and a complete lack of expectations. But what happens when you're subjected to both sets of rules?This powerful, honest, hilarious and furious memoir from journalist and advocate Lucy Webster looks at life at the intersection; the struggles, the joys and the unseen realities of being a disabled woman. From navigating the worlds of education and work, dating and friendship; to managing care; contemplating motherhood; and learning to accept your body against a pervasive narrative that it is somehow broken and in need of fixing, The View From Down Here shines a light on what it really means to move through the world as a disabled woman.© 2023 Lucy Webster © 2023 DK Audio
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