{"product_id":"in-my-brothers-words-chris-mercogliano-9780945700081","title":"In My Brother's Words: The Memoir of Susan Mercogliano: The Memoir of susan Mercogliano","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn My Brother's Words is the intimate and poignant autobiography of a profoundly disabled\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewoman who struggled to grow up in the 1950s. Because Susan could neither speak nor write, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eher Irish twin tells her story for her in her voice, every bit as she would have told it herself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSusan's was a life filled with triumphs and tragedies and everything in between. She wrestled\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewith and overcame her unique blend of physical and emotional childhood obstacles. She was\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003egainfully employed for 40 years. And she lived to become a celebrated elder in a\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emultigenerational family who misses her dearly today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSusan's story is also the complicated story of disability in America and the efforts of advocates\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efor the disabled to push back against our inability and sometimes unwillingness as a society to\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eadequately address the needs of its most vulnerable members. That struggle is ongoing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Chris Mercogliano\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0945700083\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780945700081\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford Village Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/31\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 140\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.33d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chris Mercogliano","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44181538963711,"sku":"9780945700081","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_74a782cf-dab4-4a7e-a4fd-fae1df6d2a11.jpg?v=1690260981","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/in-my-brothers-words-chris-mercogliano-9780945700081","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}