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Portrait of the Artist's Mother

Portrait of the Artist's Mother

Dignity, Creativity and Disability

By Fiona Place

Paperback / softback | ISBN 9781925581751

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A memoir and an examination of the politics of disability. Fiona Place describes the pressure from medical institutions to undergo screening during pregnancy and the traumatic nature and assumptions that a child with Trisomy 21 should not live, even though people with Down syndrome do live rich and productive lives. Fiona's son, Fraser, has become an artist and his prize-winning paintings have been exhibited in galleries in Sydney and Canberra. How does a mother get from the grieving silence of the birthing room through the horrified comments of other mothers to the applause at gallery openings? This is a story of courage, love and commitment to the idea that all people, including those who are 'less than perfect', have a right to be welcomed into this increasingly imperfect world.

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Format: Paperback / softback
ISBN: 9781925581751
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Publisher: Spinifex Press
Number of pages: 300
Width (mm): 152
Height (mm): 235
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