Beautiful Lives

<p><b>'This book is both heart-rending and gorgeous. It crosses the line many times but ultimately, it's about love. He teaches us humanity.' MIRIAM MARGOLYES</b><br><br><b>'Thank you, Joey, for getting your dad off his arse to write this book.' HUGH BONNEVILLE</b><br><br><b>'A beautiful book - powerful, persuasive, illuminating, moving.' GYLES BRANDRETH</b><br><br><b>'This is a wonderful and important book. Beautifully written, of course; but full of pain and joy, concern and celebration.' SIMON RUSSELL BEALE</b><br><br><b> 'A powerful, multi-faceted, myth-busting account of the most marginalised and belittled out-group in modern society.' SIMON JARRETT, author of <i>Those They Called Idiots</i></b><br><br>For much of history, people with learning disabilities have been regarded as unworthy of interest - often seen as a threat to the social order and sometimes dismissed as barely human. While recent years have seen an improvement, learning-disabled people are still treated as fundamentally different.<br><br><i>Beautiful Lives</i> is a personal and pragmatic account, told through the eyes of a father whose son has severe learning disabilities. From early civilisation to the chilling realities of twentieth-century eugenics, this powerful book uncovers a startling and rarely told history - one deeply embedded in the challenges still faced today.<br><br>Unwin shapes this history into a powerful story of love, lived experience and the long struggle for a better future.</p>