Before I start going off about the memoir I have been talking about, I want to ask for your blogger’s point of view. On any day, I get upwards of 200 emails with content posts. Now, I’m someone who, once I start following you, I put your blog on my notifications so I can support you when you post. I keep wondering if you’re aware of my view on your stats, as I have some people who visit my blog frequently. However, I know they’re doing so because I see the likes, not the view count.
Hey Everyone
As you know, I’ve been trying a new thing for me, where I share a book I love and provide a free eBook link to it, if possible
I do have Cerebral Palsy, so I wear a similar shoe to the author’s, but I never wear theirs. Something I forgot about going into this memoir was that I do get a lot of emotional pressure when I read or listen to someone talk about their Cerebral Palsy (I typically write it as CP, but the last time I did so on the internet, someone thought I meant something else, which made me a creepy monster). Something I was surprised about was that Ilana Estelle got her diagnosis as an adult, which, in my opinion, is messed up, having to wait so long. I wasn’t fond of the way the diet section was written since it felt imposing on me as a reader. The book I’m talking about is Cerebral Palsy: A Story: Finding the Calm After the Storm by Ilana Estelle
First Lines:
What is it like living with’cerebral palsy? I cannot truly answer that question, as for forty-six years of my life I never knew that’s what I had. It was only in March 2009 that I was finally diagnosed with cerebral palsy.
I was born the second of premature twins. How did I feel as a child, growing up? Those times were enormously difficult for me. I was an angry child living in the depths of despair. Some days I felt isolated, angry and misunderstood. Other days I felt frustrated and alone.
Goodreads Blurb:
Living with cerebral palsy is enormously difficult. But what if you never knew you had it? This is the incredible story of Ilana Estelle. Born the second of premature twins, an hour apart, from a young age Ilana knew she was different, but for all the wrong reasons. A child of the 1960s, Ilana experienced first-hand the way that disability was, at the time, so often brushed under the carpet, not spoken about. Her constant physical and mental struggles made her feel isolated, alone, frustrated, and misunderstood… and it took 46 years for her to find out why. Part memoir, part motivational guide, this is Ilana’s open and honest journey from an angry, confused child, knowing something was wrong, not knowing what was wrong, what her disability was, or that there was a diagnosis—to the “real” her—a courageous woman using her experiences and lessons to create inspiring messages about mental and physical health, resilience and change.
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