Easy Beauty Av Chloe Cooper Jones

<p><b>''Gorgeous, vividly alive'' <i>New York Times</i></b><b><br>''Bold, honest and superbly well-written'' Andr¿ciman, author of Call Me By Your Name</b><br><b>''Graceful and soul-baring'' Melanie Reid, <i>The Times</i></b><br><b>''Blends journalism, philosophy and memoir... a book that everyone will be talking about''<i> Lit Hub</i></b><br><br><i><b>I am in a bar in Brooklyn listening to two men, my friends, discuss whether or not my life was worth living.</b></i><br><br>So begins Chlo¿ooper Jones''s bold account of moving through the world in a body that looks different than most. Born with a rare congenital condition called sacral agenesis, she must contend not only with her own physical pain, but the emotional discomfort of others.<br><br>It is only when she unexpectedly becomes a mother that she confronts the demand to live life fully, propelling her on a journey across the globe, reclaiming the spaces she''d been denied, and denied herself.<br><br>From Roman sculptures to a Bey