Poster Child by Emily Rapp Summary
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Emily Rapp's memoir "Poster Child" chronicles her journey with disability, challenging society's obsession with physical perfection. Critics praise her "incandescent candor" and "stupendous courage" - a powerful testament that sparked crucial conversations about identity and sparked disability rights awareness nationwide.
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A Life Beyond Wooden Legs
Emily Rapp's world came crashing down-literally-when her prosthetic leg buckled beneath her on a South Korean street, sending her sprawling into a puddle of motor oil. This moment perfectly captures the central tension of her memoir: the fragile facade of "normalcy" she had constructed versus the reality of her body. Born with proximal focal femoral deficiency (PFFD), Emily's left femur developed abnormally, leading to an amputation at age four. Her journey from proudly proclaiming "I might have one leg, but I am not disabled" to embracing her difference reveals a profound truth-real strength comes not from denying our differences but from accepting them.
The Making of a Poster Child
Swimming Into Freedom
The Body as Battlefield
Faith, Doubt, and Wooden Legs
The Phantom Player
Finding Her Tribe
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