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Leg: The Story of a Limb and the Boy Who Grew from It by Greg Marshall
8 reviews
jourdanicus's review
5.0
The core thread of this story, that Greg has cerebral palsy but didn't find out his diagnosis until adulthood, is certainly worth being the primary appeal. At one point, Greg refers to himself as a "diagnostic orphan," which really resonated with me as someone who, in an opposite way, grew up very likely on the autism spectrum but *without* a diagnosis. This book has me reflecting on the concept of labels, and whether the label itself is disabling or the experience of having a disability is what's disabling, no matter what you call it.
Greg doesn't necessarily have all the answers, and that's fine. This is still a compelling and wonderfully narrated memoir about one man, his leg, and the quirky family that raised him.
Graphic: Death of parent, Cancer, Medical content, and Sexual content
Moderate: Homophobia and Ableism
Minor: Alcohol, Drug use, Body shaming, and Gaslighting
sglance9's review
4.25
Graphic: Cancer, Death of parent, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Chronic illness, Death, and Medical content
Moderate: Toxic relationship
Minor: Addiction and Ableism
imstephtacular's review against another edition
3.75
Graphic: Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Ableism, Death of parent, Cancer, Medical trauma, Sexual content, and Terminal illness
Moderate: Cursing, Bullying, Homophobia, Addiction, Drug use, Chronic illness, Eating disorder, Body shaming, Death, Gaslighting, Mental illness, and Alcohol
Minor: Fatphobia, Blood, Classism, Excrement, Pregnancy, Racism, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Lesbophobia, and Violence
thebookishmuggle's review against another edition
4.0
Moderate: Death, Ableism, Terminal illness, and Homophobia
abbie_'s review
3.0
Mitchell has a large than life family who have had more than their fair share of medical misfortune. I liked the way they all had each other’s backs, through his mother’s seemingly endless chemo to his father’s surprise diagnosis with ALS. His dad especially seemed like a wonderful person and I’m glad Mitchell had such a great support system in him.
I feel like a couple of the chapters were unnecessarily stretched out (like his shady boyfriend Kevin - that should have been an online essay at most), while we completely skim over Mitchell meeting his now husband.
But I did appreciate the perspective of a physically disabled gay man, and overall it was an entertaining read.
Graphic: Terminal illness, Cancer, Ableism, and Medical content
Moderate: Homophobia and Lesbophobia
quinnjuliac's review against another edition
3.0
Moderate: Ableism, Cancer, Chronic illness, and Terminal illness
judereadsalot's review against another edition
Graphic: Death of parent, Ableism, Chronic illness, Terminal illness, Homophobia, Cancer, Outing, Medical trauma, Grief, and Death
amobrien's review
4.0
Thank you Netgalley for providing a digital ARC.
Moderate: Death of parent, Ableism, Cancer, and Chronic illness
Minor: Drug use, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Addiction, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Lesbophobia, and Death