Alive, Disabled, and Essential: How Leigh Bardugo’s 'Six of Crows' Series Made Me Feel Real

Alive, Disabled, and Essential: How Leigh Bardugo’s 'Six of Crows' Series Made Me Feel Real:

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The only place that I really existed, that I let myself expand, was at home with my mom and our books. My mom, like me, was disabled, and it was something that was celebrated in our house. Yet despite the way that books have held me up over the years, it’s rare to find myself completely in a book. As a queer, disabled woman, I’m often disappointed to find that characters that are like me are killed off, magically cured, or otherwise disposable in the end.

Alaina has written so personally and generously about SoC. I’m truly honored.