The View from Down Here, Lucy Webster
The View from Down Here, Lucy Webster
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The View from Down Here
Life as a Young Disabled Woman

Author: Lucy Webster

Narrator: Nicola Chegwin, Lucy Webster

Unabridged: 6 hr 25 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: DK

Published: 11/07/2023

Synopsis

Women's lives are shaped by sexism and expectations. Disabled people's lives are shaped by ableism and a complete lack of expectations. But what happens when you're subjected to both sets of rules?

This powerful, honest, hilarious, and furious memoir from journalist and advocate Lucy Webster looks at life at the intersection; the struggles, the joys, and the unseen realities of being a disabled woman. From navigating the worlds of education and work, dating and friendship; to managing care; contemplating motherhood; and learning to accept your body against a pervasive narrative that it is somehow broken and in need of fixing, The View from Down Here shines a light on what it really means to move through the world as a disabled woman.

© 2023 Lucy Webster © 2023 DK Audio

About The Author

Lucy Webster is a freelance journalist and writer known for her coverage of disability rights and living with disability. Lucy has been writing about these topics for almost a decade and is a lifelong wheelchair user. With four years at the BBC; contacts at all the London broadsheets; and bylines in the Guardian, Prospect, BuzzFeed, Tortoise, the Times, and the New Statesman, Lucy has an extensive network of journalists, editors, and campaigners interested her work on disability.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Sarah

As a rule I don’t rate memoirs but this book challenged, expanded, and changed my views on ableism & feminism in unexpected ways. While generously sharing her experience, she never wasted a chance to teach and challenge the reader. I also found this book deeply relatable on several topics. This book......more

Goodreads review by Sophie

What a memoir! Incredibly powerful, empowering, moving, funny, unsettling, upsetting. I went through a lot of different emotions when reading this beautiful book. Webster has cerebral palsy and shows us that the social model of ableism in which anyone who is ‘disabled’ is disabled by those who are n......more

Goodreads review by Alexia

If sexism is hard to fix, can’t even describe what we have to do to fix sexism and ableism. We have work to do to make this a better world for everyone!......more

Goodreads review by K.S.C.

A great look at the intersectional experience of systemic oppression. I hope Webster writes many more books!......more

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