IMPERFECT BODIES - Softcover

Isaac, Ali

 
9781738459469: IMPERFECT BODIES
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1738459462 ISBN 13: 9781738459469
Verlag: Heloise Press, 2026

Inhaltsangabe

When Ali learns that she is expecting a child with CFC syndrome, a rare genetic condition that affects the heart, face, skin, and development, her world is shaken up. Doctors tell her that her baby will not even survive pregnancy but, against all odds, Carys is born. In this powerful literary memoir, Ali shares her journey as the mother of Carys, reflecting on motherhood, identity, the female body, and the able and dis-abled body, while exploring social and political definitions of normality. This memoir also interrogates how pregnancy, aging, and disability are all appropriated by public discourses without addressing individual needs. Isaac brings forth a myriad of non-normative bodies in a beautiful narrative that feels powerful and liberating.

For readers of Claire Kilroy, Anne Enright, Deborah Levy.

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Ali Isaac lives in Ireland with her husband, two sons, and daughter. Her writing has been published in The Stinging Fly, Sonder, Paper Lanterns, and Catatonic Daughters. Ali was selected for the Penguin Write Now Program 2020. She was awarded a mentorship with author Sara Baume from Words Ireland and The Arts Council of Ireland. She was also the recipient of a Literature Bursary Award from The Arts Council of Ireland.

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Verlag
Heloise Press
Erscheinungsdatum
2026
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1738459462
ISBN 13 
9781738459469
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
256
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