A review by xavierrjames
Golem Girl: A Memoir by Riva Lehrer

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective sad slow-paced

4.25

This book examines so many facets of life and different identities. The author is disabled herself, but throughout the book you begin to question the intersectionality of race, class, age, and gender as well because of the author’s thought-provoking life experiences. Riva beautifully describes disability and creates an alternative framework to examine disability and how it shapes the lives of disabled people and non-disabled people alike. Apart from that, though, the book is a true roller coaster—you feel triumph, relief, comedy, as well as love through Riva’s descriptions of her own romantic endeavors (successful and unsuccessful). Overall, a great read.