{"product_id":"beautiful-lives-paperback","title":"Beautiful Lives (Paperback)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Both heart-rending and gorgeous. He teaches us humanity' MIRIAM MARGOLYES\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Thank you, Joey, for getting your dad off his arse to write this book' HUGH BONNEVILLE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A beautiful book - powerful, persuasive, illuminating, moving' GYLES BRANDRETH\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Full of pain and joy, concern and celebration' SIMON RUSSELL BEALE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A powerful, multi-faceted, myth-busting account' SIMON JARRETT\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e_______________\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBeautiful Lives\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnwin shapes this history into a powerful story of love, lived experience and the long struggle for a better future.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stephen Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47361893531826,"sku":"9781035424740","price":395.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/9191\/8002\/files\/9781035424740.jpg?v=1791425272","url":"https:\/\/www.wordsworth.co.za\/products\/beautiful-lives-paperback","provider":"Wordsworth Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}