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A Grotesque Animal, Paperback / softback Book

A Grotesque Animal Paperback / softback

Paperback / softback

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At the age of forty-three, Amy Lee Lillard learned she was autistic.

She learned she was part of a community of unseen women who fell through the gaps due to medical bias and social stereotypes. A Grotesque Animal explores the making, unmaking, and making again of a woman with an undiagnosed disorder.

How did a working-­ class background and a deep-rooted Midwest culture of silence lead to hiding in plain sight for decades?

How did sexuality and anger hide the roots of trauma among the women in her family? And what does it mean to be a queer, disabled, aging woman, a descendent of wild but tamed mothers and a survivor of the things patriarchy inflicts?

Through wide-ranging styles and a combination of personal storytelling and cultural analysis, Lillard dissects anger, sexuality, autistic masking, bodies, punk, and female annihilation to create a new picture of modern women.

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