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OverviewDisability may be his lot, but he decided long-ago not to let it control his fate. A collection of humorous essays centered on life with a disability. These essays give a wry look at the obstacles faced while growing up in a small town in Northern Ontario. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Matthew del PapaPublisher: Latitude 46 Imprint: Latitude 46 Dimensions: Width: 13.70cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 21.30cm Weight: 0.386kg ISBN: 9781988989624ISBN 10: 1988989620 Pages: 300 Publication Date: 06 May 2023 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Not yet available This item is yet to be released. You can pre-order this item and we will dispatch it to you upon its release. Table of ContentsReviewsReading through Del Papa's memories, I can almost hear him say, Picture it. Capreol, 1978. His unfiltered, touching, sometimes self-deprecating, and often funny-as-heck anecdotes show us how he tenaciously navigates through the many layers of ableism without skipping a rimshot. Cait Gordon, Co-editor of Nothing Without Us and Nothing Without Us Too "Reading through Del Papa's memories, I can almost hear him say, ""Picture it. Capreol, 1978."" His unfiltered, touching, sometimes self-deprecating, and often funny-as-heck anecdotes show us how he tenaciously navigates through the many layers of ableism without skipping a rimshot. Cait Gordon, Co-editor of Nothing Without Us and Nothing Without Us Too" Author InformationBorn with spinal muscular atrophy, Matthew Del Papa has been in a wheelchair since the early 1980s. A graduate of Laurentian University (MA Humanities), past president of the Sudbury Writers' Guild, and currently on the board of directors for Wordstock Sudbury Literary Festival, he has been writing steadily since 2005. An amateur local historian and part-time columnist, his work has been published in newspapers and magazines, as well as anthologies such as Spooky Sudbury (Dundurn Press, 2013) and Nothing Without Us Too (Renaissance Press, 2022). He lives in Capreol. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |