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''Fascinating ... compelling ... very funny'' Sunday Times
''A defiant call to arms ... affecting ... lingers long in the memory after its final page'' Morning Star
''A skilful act of literary witness, sharp, moving and funny'' Joanne Limburg
''Christoph Keller ... ranks among the great Swiss writers'' Neue Zürcher Zeitung

Most stories of disability follow a familiar pattern: Life Before Accident. Life After Accident. For Christoph Keller, it was different: his childhood diagnosis with a form of Spinal Muscular Atrophy only revealed what had been with him since birth. SMA III, the ''kindest one'', allows those who have it to live a long life, and it progresses slowly. There is no cure. By the age of 25, he had to use a wheelchair some of the time. ''There were two of me: Walking Me. Rolling Me.'' By 32, he could still walk into a restaurant with a cane or on somebody''s arm. At 45, ''Rolling Me''

Every Cripple a Superhero

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      Publisher Penguin Random House Group
      Imprint Penguin Random House UK
      Published 1/28/2022
      ISBN-13 9780241593219
      978-0241593219
      ISBN-10 241593212
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      ''Fascinating ... compelling ... very funny'' Sunday Times
      ''A defiant call to arms ... affecting ... lingers long in the memory after its final page'' Morning Star
      ''A skilful act of literary witness, sharp, moving and funny'' Joanne Limburg
      ''Christoph Keller ... ranks among the great Swiss writers'' Neue Zürcher Zeitung

      Most stories of disability follow a familiar pattern: Life Before Accident. Life After Accident. For Christoph Keller, it was different: his childhood diagnosis with a form of Spinal Muscular Atrophy only revealed what had been with him since birth. SMA III, the ''kindest one'', allows those who have it to live a long life, and it progresses slowly. There is no cure. By the age of 25, he had to use a wheelchair some of the time. ''There were two of me: Walking Me. Rolling Me.'' By 32, he could still walk into a restaurant with a cane or on somebody''s arm. At 45, ''Rolling Me''

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