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Brian Trapp is director of disability studies at the University of Oregon, where he also teaches fiction and nonfiction. His work has been published in the Kenyon Review, Southern Review, Longreads, Brevity, and elsewhere. He has been a Bread Loaf Fellow, a Steinbeck Fellow, and an Elizabeth George grant recipient. He grew up in Cleveland, Ohio, with his twin brother, Danny.

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1. How does the relationship between the brothers evolve throughout the novel?

2. How does Michael's identity as Sal’s sibling shape his sense of self?

3. How does humor function in the novel? Is it a coping mechanism, a form of resistance, or something else? Does it enhance or complicate the emotional tone?

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"Range of Motion is a deeply moving and unexpectedly funny novel about siblinghood, disability, caregiving, family identity, and the complicated ways people learn to understand and sometimes misunderstand the people they love most.

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"technically more of a 4.5-4.75*

I did my best to read/review this unbiased, because the author is someone I know and I've learned a bit about his life with his real brother with cerebral palsy, but regardless of whether or not I know the author, I rea" Read more of this review »
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