{"product_id":"a-certain-loneliness-sandra-gail-lambert-9781496207197","title":"A Certain Loneliness: A Memoir","description":"After contracting polio as a child, Sandra Gail Lambert progressed from braces and crutches to a manual wheelchair to a power wheelchair--but loneliness has remained a constant, from the wild claustrophobia of a child in body casts to just yesterday, trapped at home, gasping from pain. \u003ci\u003eA Certain Loneliness\u003c\/i\u003e is a meditative and engaging memoir-in-essays that explores the intersection of disability, queerness, and female desire with frankness and humor. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Lambert presents the adventures of flourishing within a world of uncertain tomorrows: kayaking alone through swamps with alligators; negotiating planes, trains, and ski lifts; scoring free drugs from dangerous men; getting trapped in a too-deep snow drift without crutches. \u003ci\u003eA Certain Loneliness\u003c\/i\u003e is literature of the body, palpable and present, in which Lambert's lifelong struggle with isolation and independence--complete with tiresome frustrations, slapstick moments, and grand triumphs--are wound up in the long history of humanity's relationship to the natural world. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePurchase the audio edition.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sandra Gail Lambert\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 149620719X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781496207197\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Nebraska Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 210\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.58lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.70h x 7.74w x 0.53d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/07\/2018","brand":"Sandra Gail Lambert","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44045262717183,"sku":"9781496207197","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_11820917-0335-4c9b-a260-6b92c258152f.jpg?v=1684977709","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-certain-loneliness-sandra-gail-lambert-9781496207197","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}