Sitting Pretty
The View from My Ordinary Resilient Disabled Body
by Rebekah Taussig

HarperCollins Publishers
HarperOne
Biographies & Memoirs
Pub Date 25 Aug 2020


I am reviewing a copy of Sitting Pretty through HarperCollins and Netgalley:


Sitting Pretty is a memoir in essays from disability advocate as well as creator of the Instagram account @sitting_pretty. Rebecca Taussig processes a lifetime of memories in order to paint a beautiful portrait of a body that moves and looks different than most.


While Growing up as a Paralyzed girl in the 1990's and Early 2000's Taussig only saw disablity depicted as something Monstrous, such as the Hunchback of Notre Dame, or something Inspirational like Helen Keller, and even something angelic like Forest Gump.




Rebekah writes about what it means to live with a body that doesn't fit with rhythm and reflection. She covers everything from the complications of charity, to living independently as well as dependently. She deals with everything from dealing with intimacy to how the
pervasiveness of ableism in our everyday media directly translates to everyday life.



Rebecca Taussig reminds us that disability will affect us all at some point either directly or indirectly. In exploring this reality through lyrical essays, the need for more stories, for my voices being heard is pointed out.




I give Sitting Pretty five out of five stars!



Happy Reading!

This is the book you read when you need a new outlook on life. It was so well written and worth your time. I love books that tell a real honest story and this one fully delivers.

I really had a hard time with this one. Her family were so neglectful and oblivious to her (making her drag her body on the ground for years vs getting a wheelchair) and she doesn’t really seem to see it.