Too Late to Die Young: Nearly True Tales from a Life by Harriet McBryde Johnson Paperback Book

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Rent Too Late to Die Young: Nearly True Tales from a Life

Author: Harriet McBryde Johnson

Format: Quality Paperback

Publisher: Picador USA

Published: Feb 2006

Genre: Biography & Autobiography - Specific Groups - Special Needs

Retail Price: $23.00

Pages: 261

Synopsis

 A Washington Post Book World Rave Harriet McBryde Johnson's witty and highly unconventional memoir opens with a lyrical meditation on death and ends with a bold and unsentimental sermon on pleasure. Born with a congenital neuromuscular disease, Johnson has never been able to walk, dress, or bathe without assistance. With assistance, she passionately celebrates her life's richness and pleasures and pursues a formidable career as an attorney and activist. Whether rolling on the streets of Havana, on the floor of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, or in an auditorium at Princeton debating philosopher Peter Singer, Harriet McBryde Johnson defies every preconception about people with disabilities, and shows how a life, be it long or short, is a treasure of infinite value.

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