Who Wants Normal?

Life Lessons from Disabled Women

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Beschreibung:

A groundbreaking memoir about what it means to be a disabled woman in Britain today from the acclaimed journalist and author, including insights and personal stories from over 50 contributors

'We all need this book' Jameela Jamil

'Beautiful, vital and important. I loved it' Jack Thorne, writer of Adolescence

'A razor sharp manifesto by one of Britain's most vital voices' Yomi Adegoke

SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2026 UNWIN AWARD FOR MAKING A SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION TO THE WORLD

LONGLISTED FOR THE DIVERSE BOOK AWARDS

NOW WITH A NEW FOREWORD


'No one really talks about it. No one really talks about what it is to be a disabled woman, especially a young one ... To navigate all the standard parts of life - exams, careers, dating - but with a body that is different from everyone else's.'

Almost one in four women in the UK have some sort of disability, yet this subject is too often shrouded in silence and stereotypes. Who Wants Normal? by the award-winning journalist and author Frances Ryan is a game-changing take on disability and feminism.

Part memoir, part manifesto, it explores six facets of life: education, careers, health, body image, relationships and representation, as well as how to survive life's bumps in the road. It draws on Frances's own experience as well as her interviews with over fifty of Britain's best-known women and non-binary people with mental and physical health conditions, including Jameela Jamil, Sophie Morgan, Ruth Madeley, Nikki Fox, Rosie Jones, Fearne Cotton, Emma Barnett, Ellie Goldstein and Katie Piper.

Who Wants Normal? lifts the lid on and redefines what it means to be a disabled woman in Britain today. It offers support, inspiration and a sense of solidarity to the many women with disabilities and long-term health conditions - as well as opening the eyes of anyone wanting to better understand life with a disability.



'I've never related to a book more. Disabled or not, you MUST read this' Rosie Jones

'Supercharged relevance [full of] robust analysis and wry humour... readers will find here stories to inspire, enrage and encourage' Observer

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Über die Urheberinnen:

Frances Ryan is a multi-award-winning journalist and author. Named Commentator of the Year broadsheet 2024 by the Society of Editors, Ryan's work has made the front pages of the New York Times, the Guardian and British Vogue. It has helped change government policy, been discussed in the House of Commons, and featured anywhere from Channel 4 News, to BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour to The World Tonight.

For the last decade, Ryan has been a columnist and reporter at the Guardian. Her debut book, Crippled, (2019, Verso), was shortlisted for the Bread and Roses Award, and made into the short drama Hen Night for the BBC. In 2025, Ryan was named as one of the 25 most influential women defining Britain by British Vogue. The same year, Elle U.
K. selected her as one of their 40 women of hope defining the next 40 years of culture. Ryan is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and has a PhD in politics from the University of Nottingham.

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Produktdetails:

• Autor:in: Frances Ryan
• Erscheinungsdatum: 16.04.2026
• Sprache: Englisch
• Seitenumfang: 368 Seiten
• ISBN: 9780241629451