Easy Beauty by Chloe Cooper Jones

A New York Times Notable Book of 2022. Vulture's 1 Memoir of 2022. A Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Usa Today, Time, Buzz Feed, Publishers Weekly, Booklist, and New York Public Library Best Book of the Year From Chloe Cooper Jones Pulitzer Prize finalist, philosophy professor, Whiting Creative Nonfiction Grant recipient an exquisite Oprah Daily and groundbreaking memoir about disability, motherhood, and the search for a new way of seeing and being seen. I am in a bar in Brooklyn, listening to two men, my friends, discuss whether my life is worth living. So begins Chloe Cooper Jones's bold, revealing account of moving through the world in a body that looks different than most. Jones learned early on to factor pain calculations into every plan, every situation. Born with a rare congenital condition called sacral agenesis which affects both her stature and gait, her pain is physical. But there is also the pain of being judged and pitied for her appearance, of being dismissed as less than. The way she has been seen or not seen has informed her lens on the world her entire life. She resisted this reality by excelling academically and retreating to the neutral room in her mind until it passed. But after unexpectedly becoming.