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The Hormone Myth: How Junk Science, Gender Politics, and Lies About PMS Keep Women Down

Robyn Stein DeLuca

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It's time for women to reject the "hormone myth" and own their emotions in a healthy and realistic...

Culture and Emotional Economy of Migration

Badri Narayan

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This book studies how the act of migration is a motivating constituent in the production of popular...

Tom Turner (388 KP) rated Skallagrigg in Books

Jun 15, 2021

Skallagrigg

William Horwood | 1988 | Fiction & Poetry

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I very rarely post about books while I'm still reading them, but for this book I had to, because I felt, and still feel it is criminal that this is book is not that well known. It should be in the pantheon of novels that get read my millions each year. However, I doubt given its obscurity that this is the case.

This story is so much more than its basics of being an exploration of disability. Though as someone with a disability it did bring home to me how much my life could have been different if I had been born in a different era - but also, how far society has yet to travel. It's as much a story about the human spirit and the importance of wholeness. To be honest, there are many levels one could read this book. If one has the tearducts strong enough, I am sure it's the kind of book that a reread would give even greater insight than the first read through. I first picked this up in the early 2000's, and for various reasons never finished a complete read through until now. But it was definitely one of those books that kept calling me back, and I'm so glad it did!

If you can get hold of a copy, it really is a must read!