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My Piece of Happiness (Hardcover)
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My Piece of Happiness (Hardcover)
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Loot Price R282
Discovery Miles 2 820
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Quietly examining questions of belonging and of normality, this
novel tells the story of Andy, Sarah, and Sean, three disabled
young adults dependent on the support that parents and the
healthcare system struggle to provide. All three owe much to former
boxer George Rees, now a dedicated social worker. George brings
wheelchair-bound Andy to the hymn-singing on Sundays and arranges
for Sean to participate in a paper-delivery route. Venturing beyond
the call of duty, he volunteers to accompany Sean and Sarah on
Saturday outings that begin innocently but soon lead to the
question of sexuality among members of the disabled community.
George's involvement first conceals and then betrays a lack of
direction in his own life. A certain irony develops as the books
progresses: George inhabits the margins of society never to find a
way back in, while Andy, Sarah, and Sen, through George's efforts,
can all hope to achieve integration. Realizing this, and seeing no
light, George becomes prey to the fatalism he has long been
motivated to overcome.
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