A review by jecinwv
The Pretty One: On Life, Pop Culture, Disability, and Other Reasons to Fall in Love with Me by Keah Brown

4.0

I'm reviewing this book for Disability Book Week. I chose to read this book for fun and felt it would fit with the needs for Disability Book Week. The Pretty One is a memoir by a Black woman with cerebral palsy. This memoir includes a collection of essays on disability, pop culture, and music. This would be a great book for both young adults and adults. Keah Brown has some amazing essays in here. My favorite is the first one that is about seats and the various kinds of seats that those of us who have disabilities that exhaust us run into. I loved that she named the seats. I also felt myself bonding with Keah over favorite musicians like Demi Lovato and Paramore. This book explores the fact that those of us with disabilities can be pretty, desirable, loved, and more than just our disabilities.