Stephen Unwin

Beautiful Lives

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ISBN: 9781035424740
Author : Stephen Unwin
Published: 2026
Publisher: Wildfire
Number of pages: 320
Language: English
Format: Paperback / softback
Format: 196×128

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'Both heart-rending and gorgeous. He teaches us humanity' MIRIAM MARGOLYES'Thank you, Joey, for getting your dad off his arse to write this book' HUGH BONNEVILLE'A beautiful book - powerful, persuasive, illuminating, moving' GYLES BRANDRETH'Full of pain and joy, concern and celebration' SIMON RUSSELL BEALE'A powerful, multi-faceted, myth-busting account' SIMON JARRETT_______________For much of history, people with learning disabilities have been regarded as unworthy of interest - often seen as a threat to the social order and sometimes dismissed as barely human. While recent years have seen an improvement, learning-disabled people are still treated as fundamentally different.Beautiful Lives is a personal and pragmatic account, told through the eyes of a father whose son has severe learning disabilities. From early civilisation to the chilling realities of twentieth-century eugenics, this powerful book uncovers a startling and rarely told history - one deeply embedded in the challenges still faced today.Unwin shapes this history into a powerful story of love, lived experience and the long struggle for a better future.

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