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1	An Accidental Woman more books like this by Barbara Delinsky add to wishlist Heather Malone is a beloved member of the community in the small town of Henry Lake, so everyone is shocked when federal agents arrest her for allegedly skipping town after being charged with murder in California years before. A journalist named Griffin Hughes, who is in love with Heather's wheelchair-bound best friend Poppy, tries to figure out ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Land of a Hundred Wonders more books like this by Lesley Kagen add to wishlist From the national bestselling author of "Whistling in the Dark" comes another unforgettable story. Brain damaged after a tragic car accident that took both her parents, Gibby is now NQR (Not Quite Right), a real challenge for a fledgling newspaper reporter. Especially when she stumbles upon the dead body of the next governor of Kentucky, Buster ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	Looking for a Miracle more books like this by Wanda E Brunstetter add to wishlist Confined to a wheelchair, Rebekah Stoltzfus feels she'll never measure up to the expectations of her Pennsylvania Amish community that a woman should marry and raise a family. Daniel wants to court Rebekah, but she believes that she is a burden and has convinced herself that love is not for her. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.54! \| SVS
4	My Body Politic: A Memoir more books like this by Simi Linton add to wishlist An irreverent memoir of one woman's personal and political journey from 1960s counterculture to disability activism While hitchhiking from Boston to Washington D.C. in 1971 to protest the war in Vietnam, Simi Linton was involved in a car accident that paralyzed both of her legs and took the lives of her husband and her best friend. This spirited ... see all copies from $3.99! new only from $4.50! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	Bigger Than the Sky: Disabled Women on Parenting more books like this by Michele Wates (Editor), Rowen Jade (Editor) add to wishlist Diabled women challenge rigid, limiting views of what it means to be a disabled woman, and of what a parent is and does. They describe having to fight for the right to become pregnant; the poignant pleasure of teaching children the benefits of having a 'different' mother; and the sheer delight of involving themselves in a child's life. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.88! \| first editions
6	The Disabled Woman's Guide to Pregnancy and Birth more books like this by Judith Rogers add to wishlist Empathetic, balanced, comprehensive, and practical, this guide provides all the facts needed by disabled women and their families. It stresses the importance of informed communication among the pregnant woman , her family members, and health care professionals. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $12.77! \| SVS
7	Where the Heart Leads more books like this by Anita Stansfield add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.61!
8	Unruly Bodies: Life Writing by Women with Disabilities more books like this by Susannah B Mintz add to wishlist The first critical study of personal narrative by women with disabilities, "Unruly Bodies" examines how contemporary writers use life writing to challenge cultural stereotypes about disability, gender, embodiment, and identity. Combining the analyses of disability and feminist theories, Susannah Mintz discusses the work of eight American ... see all copies from $18.50! new only from $24.31! \| SVS
9	Tender mercies more books like this by Rosellen Brown add to wishlist A horrible boating accident that results from her husband's carelessness leaves Laura Courser a quadriplegic. After a year of rehabilitation, Laura comes home and tries to adjust to her shattering physical limitations. The point-of-view in the novel shifts between Laura's husband's third-person narrative and Laura's first-person monologues. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.54! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	Working Against Odds: Stories of Disabled Women's Work Lives more books like this by Mary Grimley Mason, Rosemarie Garland-Thomson (Foreword by) add to wishlist In this ethnographic study of disabled women's relationship with work, Mary Grimley Mason describes the viewpoints, struggles, strategies, and triumphs of eighteen women with a range of physical and sensory impairments. She relates how each came to terms with her disability and achieved self-identity and self-sufficiency in an able-bodied world. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.03! \| SVS
11 view cover	Double Jeopardy: Addressing Gender Equity in Special Education more books like this by Harilyn Rousso (Editor), Michael L Wehmeyer, PH.D. (Editor) add to wishlist Highlighting the educational issues of girls and young women with disabilities, DOUBLE JEOPARDY examines how they are exposed to discrimination based on gender and disability/special education status, and how they experience less successful vocational outcomes than their disabled male or nondisabled female peers upon leaving school. It studies ... see all copies from $5.00! new only from $5.00!
12	Baby Challenge: Hbk Pregnancy PB more books like this by Mukti Jain Campion, Wendy Savage (Foreword by) add to wishlist A handbook which suggests the practial ways in which a woman with any physical disability can prepare herself for motherhood and shows how health professionals can best support her. This book should be of interest to professionals in social work, community work and medicine. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.83! \| SVS
13 view cover	Gendering Disability more books like this by Beth Hutchison (Editor), Bonnie G Smith (Editor) add to wishlist Disability and gender are becoming increasingly complex in light of recent politics and scholarship. This volume provides findings not only about the discrimination practised against women and people with disabilities, but also about the productive parallelism between the two categories. see all copies from $28.16! new only from $28.16! \| SVS
14 view cover	Women, Disability and Identity more books like this by ASHA Hans (Editor), Annie Patri (Editor) add to wishlist 'This is a welcome addition to the literature on women with disabilities...it is a good resource for those working in international development, whether they are scholars, women with disabilities or policymakers' - "Gender and Development". This volume consists of critical and theoretical articles about women with disabilities in both developed ... see all copies from $18.00! new only from $19.81!
15 view cover	Ending Spouse/ Partner Abuse Spanish Workbook: Un Metodo Psicoeducacional Para Terminar Abuso de Mujeres / Parejas more books like this by Marie Hanson, Robert Geffner, Carol Mantooth add to wishlist see all copies from $2.99! new only from $2.99! \| first editions
16 view cover	Female Forms more books like this by Carol Thomas add to wishlist This book explores and develops ideas about disability, engaging with important debates in disability studies about what disability is and how to theorize it. The title "Female Forms" reflects two things about the book: first, its use of disabled women's experiences, and second, the author's belief in the importance of feminist ideas and debates ... see all copies from $28.00! new only from $42.64!
17 view cover	Women with Visible and Invisible Disabilities: Multiple Intersections, Multiple Issues, Multiple Therapies more books like this by Martha E Banks (Editor), Ellyn Kaschak, Ph.D. (Editor) add to wishlist Twenty-two contributions from psychotherapists, clients, personal assistants, and health administrators address some of the challenges faced by women with disabilities both visible and invisible to others. Written using a minimum of jargon, the essays take a feminist approach to understanding condit see all copies from $9.89! new only from $9.89!
18 view cover	Along Came Mary more books like this by Jo-Ann Mapson add to wishlist Fed up to here, Mary Madigan leaves town, singing in karaoke contests and meeting up with many of the characters from Jo-Ann Mapson's previous novel, BAD GIRL CREEK. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $15.00! \| SVS
19 view cover	Sitting Practice more books like this by Caroline Adderson add to wishlist It only takes a moment for life to be changed forever--as the characters of this darkly comic novel discover early on. "Sitting Practice" is a clever and insightful study of love's collision with harsh reality, told by an author with a remarkable ability to find humor in the oddest places. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.12! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	Flower Girls more books like this by Richard Cameron add to wishlist Flower Girls is the funny, beautifully observed and uplifting story of a group of disabled women who live and work at The Crippleage, Edgware. Inspired by the personal testimony and reminiscences of real-life Flower Girls, the play shifts effortlessly between the unsettled early years of World War II and the seemingly more liberated world of 1965. ... see all copies from $8.97! new only from $8.97! \| SVS
21 view cover	Disability in Preg & Childbirth more books like this by Stella Frances McKay-Moffat (Editor) add to wishlist This is a first in Midwifery publishing! No other book advises midwives on the special needs of mothers with disabilities. Although an increasing number of women with disabilities are having children, the needs of this minority group are not always being effectively met. "Disability in Pregnancy and Childbirth" provides essential practical ... see all copies from $49.25! new only from $49.25!
22 view cover	Blue Poppies more books like this by Jonathan Falla add to wishlist Set in the 1950s during the Chinese invasion of Tibet, this novel stars Jamie Wilson, who travels to a remote village to set up a radio station and falls in love with a Tibetan woman with a troubled past. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.74! \| first editions \| SVS
23	A Health Handbook for Women with Disabilities more books like this by Jane Maxwell add to wishlist see all copies from $17.70! new only from $19.94!
24 view cover	16 Extraordinary Americans with Disabilities more books like this by Nancy Lobb add to wishlist Highlight the achievements of people who have changed American life and history! Daniel K. Inouye Maxine Hong Kingston I.M.Pei Maya Lin An Wang Seiji Ozawa Kristi Yamaguchi Yo-Yo Ma David Ho Wendy Lee Gramm Ellison Onizuka Carlos Bulosan Jose Aruego Elaine Chao Amy Tan Vera Wang see all copies from $8.71! new only from $20.88! \| SVS
25 view cover	Defiant Birth: Women Who Resist Medical Eugenics more books like this by Melinda Tankard Reist add to wishlist This book tells the personal stories of women who have resisted medical eugenics - women who were told they shouldn't have babies because of perceived disability in themselves, or shouldn't have babies because of some imperfection in the child. They have confronted the stigma of disability and in the face of silent disapproval and even open ... see all copies from $10.70! new only from $11.12! \| SVS

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