Head above water : reflections on illness / Shahd Alshammari ; foreword by Mara Mills.
"Shahd Alshammari is just eighteen when she is diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, and told by her neurologist that she would not make it past age thirty. Despite what she is told, by thirty, she has become a professor of literature, and has managed to navigate education systems in both Kuwait and the United Kingdom and inspire generations of students. Head above Water is the intimate, philosophical memoir of Shahd Alshammari's life of triumph and resistance, as a woman marked "ill" by society and as a lifelong reader, student, and teacher. Charting her journey with raw honesty, Alshammari explores disability, displacement, and belonging--not only of the body, but of culture, gender, and race, and imparts wisdom of profound philosophical value throughout. It is people, human connections, that keep us afloat, she argues--"and in storytelling we have the power to gain a sense of agency over our lives."--Publisher's description.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781952177071
- ISBN: 1952177073
- Physical Description: xv, 206 pages ; 21 cm
- Edition: First Feminist Press edition.
- Publisher: New York : Feminist Press, 2023.
- Copyright: ©2023
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| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-206). |
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| Genre: | Biographies. Autobiographies. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Iredell County Public Library.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Troutman Branch Library | B SHAMMARI SHA (Text) | 33114018640037 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
