We’ve gotten drinks in a bar in Lawrence, eaten gourmet doughnuts from a food truck in Austin, attended a mutual best friend’s wedding in Salt Lake City. Many thanks to Avid Reader Press for a finished copy in exchange for an honest review.įor regular reading updates, see my Goodreads profile.I’ve known the writer Chloé Cooper Jones since 2011.

And able-bodied people will get some insight into what it’s like living as a disabled person in an able-bodied world. I’m sure other disabled people will find something to relate to here. I am so happy this book exists, and I hope to see more like it in the future. When Jones recounted past conversations with people on eugenics, my blood started boiling at their sheer callousness. It always blows my mind how many people can be so casually and audaciously ableist. Although my disability is different, I’ve shared many similar experiences. I cannot tell you how much I loved this book. There is a philosophical side to much of this narrative, and I’ll be honest, a lot of that went over my head. Her storytelling made me laugh, fume, and even a bit emotional at times. At first, I tried to read this slowly, but after a while, I found it completely unputdownable.

Review of Easy Beauty by Chloé Cooper JonesĬhloé Cooper Jones’ writing is impeccable. Jones shares many examples of how ableism is so inherent in society and how it can come from friends or strangers. She describes her relationship with her parents, partner, son, friends, and past romantic encounters. Jones discusses her other travel experiences after Italy, from journalist trips around the US to Cambodia. A place where she reflected on the Ancient Roman’s beauty standards and their constant desire for symmetry. She tells of an awful conversation with two men that led to her impulsively travelling to Italy. Jones discusses her experience living with sacral agenesis and its side effects, such as chronic pain. This memoir is about Chloé Cooper Jones’ life as a disabled woman, a mother, an academic, and her journey to finding herself. Easy Beauty by Chloé Cooper Jones has quickly made it to one of my top books of the year.

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