How to find yourself in a book | Ask a Book Critic
Seeing yourself in a disabled protagonist.
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Show Notes
For our very last episode, a listener asked for books with disabled protagonists. Specifically, characters whose disability is not their defining trait. Ask a Book Critic will continue in text form, so don’t stop sending your requests! Check out vox.com/ask-a-book-critic. Thank you for listening!
Constance recommends:
- The Cormoran Strike books by Robert Galbraith
- Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
- The Wolf Hall trilogy by Hilary Mantel
- Seamstress by Frances de Pontes Peebles
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