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Book Cover for: The Pretty One: On Life, Pop Culture, Disability, and Other Reasons to Fall in Love with Me, Keah Brown

The Pretty One: On Life, Pop Culture, Disability, and Other Reasons to Fall in Love with Me

Keah Brown

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From the disability rights advocate and creator of the #DisabledAndCute viral campaign, a thoughtful, inspiring, and charming collection of essays exploring what it means to be black and disabled in a mostly able-bodied white America. Keah Brown loves herself, but that hadn't always been the case. Born with cerebral palsy, her greatest desire used to be normalcy and refuge from the steady stream of self-hate society strengthened inside her. But after years of introspection and reaching out to others in her community, she has reclaimed herself and changed her perspective. In The Pretty One, Brown gives a contemporary and relatable voice to the disabled--so often portrayed as mute, weak, or isolated. With clear, fresh, and light-hearted prose, these essays explore everything from her relationship with her able-bodied identical twin (called "the pretty one" by friends) to navigating romance; her deep affinity for all things pop culture--and her disappointment with the media's distorted view of disability; and her declaration of self-love with the viral hashtag #DisabledAndCute. By "smashing stigmas, empowering her community, and celebrating herself" (Teen Vogue), Brown and The Pretty One aims to expand the conversation about disability and inspire self-love for people of all backgrounds.

Book Details

  • Publisher: Atria Books
  • Publish Date: Aug 6th, 2019
  • Pages: 256
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 8.30in - 5.40in - 0.70in - 0.45lb
  • EAN: 9781982100544
  • Categories: • Form - Essays• People with Disabilities• Personal Memoirs

About the Author

Brown, Keah: - Keah Brown is a journalist, freelance writer, and activist. She has written about living with cerebral palsy in Teen Vogue, Essence, Catapult, Glamour, Harper's Bazaar, and other publications. She holds a bachelor's degree in journalism from the State University of New York at Fredonia and she has a love for popular culture and cheesecake. She lives in New York with her family.

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We are the School & Library Marketing department of Penguin Young Readers with @PenguinKids & @PenguinTeen! Book news, educator and library resource, and more!

A joyful picture book about a disabled girl with cerebral palsy who goes back-to-school shopping with her best friends, from #DisabledandCute creator and The Pretty One author Keah Brown. Happy #BookBirthday to @Keah_Maria & @coilyandcute's SAM'S SUPER SEATS! https://t.co/dnGM87auA7

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Author. Next: The Secret Summer Promise (June 6th 2023) lit rep: @abuckslater film/tv: @RachMiller she/her 🏳️‍🌈 created #disabledandcute

@Lyalj I got you. Alt text: Keah Brown’s book The Pretty One sits on the fourth shelf in the picture to the right of her is Viola Davis‘s memoir finding me.

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"Representation matters-and as a Black woman with a physical disability, Keah Brown offers a refreshing narrative from several intersecting communities whose stories have historically been overlooked. But the most important label she sports is writer-and her honest essays force those of us who are able-bodied and white and privileged in a host of different ways to confront our own biases and behaviors about disability, to walk in her shoes for a few hundred pages (resting when necessary!), and ultimately to celebrate her compelling voice. The Pretty One is a game-changer." -Jodi Picoult, New York Times bestselling author of Small Great Things and A Spark of Light

What people are saying

Mentioner image for: Penguin Young Readers School & Library
Penguin Young Readers School & Library
@PenguinClass
2 years

We are the School & Library Marketing department of Penguin Young Readers with @PenguinKids & @PenguinTeen! Book news, educator and library resource, and more!

A joyful picture book about a disabled girl with cerebral palsy who goes back-to-school shopping with her best friends, from #DisabledandCute creator and The Pretty One author Keah Brown. Happy #BookBirthday to @Keah_Maria & @coilyandcute's SAM'S SUPER SEATS! https://t.co/dnGM87auA7

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Mentioner image for: Keah Buy The Secret Summer Promise Brown
Keah Buy The Secret Summer Promise Brown
@Keah_Maria
2 years

Author. Next: The Secret Summer Promise (June 6th 2023) lit rep: @abuckslater film/tv: @RachMiller she/her 🏳️‍🌈 created #disabledandcute

@Lyalj I got you. Alt text: Keah Brown’s book The Pretty One sits on the fourth shelf in the picture to the right of her is Viola Davis‘s memoir finding me.

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