Böcker av Deborah Marks

Percy stopped and stared at M.C. "Don't you realize anything, M.C., unless it is told to you? Do you ever try to figure things out? I mean really figure things out? We are practically at the coast, right? I mean all we need is a boat to get to Genesis. But these people in all of their simplicity are not the least bit interested in getting to Genesis. Have you wondered why? Maybe it is not what we think it is. Maybe we are all crazy. Yes, I burned the pecan grove and the barn...I think I set it on fire for all of the simpleminded people in the world who do nothing but let life just happen. But do you want to know something? I am glad I did it. Let them do something worthwhile...instead of sitting around in that miserable town drinking and smoking themselves into an early grave. They deserved it!" Percy finished and his eyes were red with passion.Most people would not consider it an "adventure" to have your rights and privileges taken from you in a country where democracy is cherished. Yet in this exciting and thought-provoking book, that is exactly what happens and brave citizens run from current lifestyle to obtain the freedoms they so desperately desire. The Music Room is a tale of a desperate race against time, against laws and the dangers that accompany them.

Examines current theories and practices relating to disability. The focus of the work is not disabled people as 'objects' of study but rather an analysis of disability as it has been historically and culturally constructed.