Head Above Water - Reflections on Illness

Head Above Water takes us into a space of intimate conversations on illness and society''s stigmatization of disabled bodies. We are invited in to ask the big questions about life, loss, and the place of the other. The narrative builds a bridge that reminds us of common humanity and weaves the threads that tie us all together.

Summary

Head Above Water takes us into a space of intimate conversations on illness and society's stigmatization of disabled bodies. We are invited in to ask the big questions about life, loss, and the place of the other. The narrative builds a bridge that reminds us of common humanity and weaves the threads that tie us all together.

Product details

• Authors: Shahd Alshammari
• Publisher: Boundless Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.05.2022
• EAN: 9781911107392
• ISBN: 978-1-911107-39-2
• No. of pages: 208
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Parenting / Grandparenting, SELF-HELP / General, Cultural Studies, Diaries, letters & journals, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Divorce & Separation, HEALTH & FITNESS / Women's Health, HEALTH & FITNESS / Physical Impairments, Memoirs, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Letters, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Parenting / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Women's health, Women’s health, Coping with illness & specific conditions, Coping with disability, Separation & divorce, Intergenerational Relationships, Ethnic groups and multicultural studies, Social and cultural anthropology, Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies, Diaries, letters and journals, Intergenerational relationships: advice and issues, Separation and divorce: advice and issues, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Biracial & Multiracial Studies, HEALTH & FITNESS / Diseases & Conditions / General, Coping with / advice about physical impairments / disability, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Memoirs