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With notable exceptions, parental memoirs reiterate a dominant cultural narrative of disability as inherent in the individual and as compromising quality of life via the foreclosure of opportunities, especially in terms of future labor,
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“Not everyone could handle the pain of the world. It was like the religious ladies outside her school had written on their placards: WILL SUFFERING END? For some, it just couldn't.”
― Vera, or Faith
― Vera, or Faith
“The air in the room shifted again. Or was it the air in our lungs? It’s that life-changing thing that happens when you’re seen, valued, and adored. Adoration for girls validates our femininity. When you are a dark-skin girl, no one simply adores you. They laugh with you, tell you their secrets, treat you like one of the boys . . . but there’s no care given to you, no devotion given to you. The absence of that becomes an erasure.”
― Finding Me
― Finding Me
“But that's how the universe worked, Vera thought. You wanted to believe someone was in a pretty place like heaven, but really everybody, herself included, was living in hell.”
― Vera, or Faith
― Vera, or Faith
“How much more could her heart break? A lot. It could and would break a lot more. There were, contrary to science, an infinite number of atriums and ventricles.”
― Vera, or Faith
― Vera, or Faith
“I’m no longer ashamed of me. I own everything that has ever happened to me. The parts that were a source of shame are actually my warrior fuel. I see people—the way they walk, talk, laugh, and grieve, and their silence—in a way that is hyperfocused because of my past. I’m an artist because there’s no separation from me and every human being that has passed through the world including my mom.”
― Finding Me
― Finding Me
The Next Best Book Club
— 26278 members
— last activity Jul 15, 2026 07:10AM
Are you searching for the NEXT best book? Are you willing to kiss all your spare cash goodbye? Are you easily distracted by independent bookshops, bi ...more
Productivity Book Group
— 38 members
— last activity Oct 28, 2016 11:59AM
A virtual, personal productivity book discussion podcast. All are invited to read along and discuss these personal productivity and related books with ...more
Diversity in All Forms!
— 1972 members
— last activity Feb 12, 2026 07:43PM
This book club will engage participants on a variety of culturally relevant topics that have included (but are not limited to): ethnicity/race, countr ...more
Great Lakes LEND
— 107 members
— last activity Jan 21, 2018 04:05PM
LEND training programs in the Great Lakes region will be reading and discussing a common book: For 2017-2018 year, the book is: What Matters: Reflect ...more
Newberry & Caldecott Reading Group
— 79 members
— last activity Jan 30, 2021 01:14PM
Newberry Medal Winner and Honor books will be read as well as Caldecott Medal Winner and Honor books. Each month, there will be four books voted on on ...more
Kara’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Kara’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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Favorite Genres
Children's, Crime, Fiction, Graphic novels, Memoir, Mystery, Non-fiction, Psychology, Suspense, and Thriller
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