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Waist-High in the World: A Life Among the Nondisabled

by Nancy Mairs · 1997

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In a blend of intimate memoir and passionate advocacy, Nancy Mairs takes on the subject woven through all her writing: disability and its effect on life, work, and spirit.

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disabilitydisabilityMore like thisLess of thisChristianChristianMore like thisLess of this
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adult
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medium · 224 pages
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