''GORGEOUS, VIVIDLY ALIVE'' NEW YORK TIMES
''BOLD, HONEST AND SUPERBLY WELL-WRITTEN'' ANDR-/b> ACIMAN, AUTHOR OF CALL ME BY YOUR NAME
''GRACEFUL AND SOUL-BARING'' MELANIE REID, THE TIMES
''WHAT A GIFT . . . HAS THE RIGOR AND PRECISION OF JOAN DIDION AND MAGGIE NELSON AND A FORTHRIGHT HUMOR AND NAKED TRUTH ALL OF ITS OWN.'' SARAH RUHL, AUTHOR OF SMILE
I am in a bar in Brooklyn listening to two men, my friends, discuss whether or not my life was worth living.
So begins Chlo-ooper Jones''s bold account of moving through the world in a body that looks different than most. Born with a rare congenital condition called sacral agenesis, she must contend not only with her own physical pain, but the emotional discomfort of others.
It is only when she unexpectedly becomes a mother that she confronts the demand to live life fully, propelling her on a journey across th
