A review by melissagopp
My Withered Legs and Other Essays by Sandra Gail Lambert

adventurous challenging emotional funny reflective fast-paced

5.0

I so enjoyed this collection of essays on love, nature, aging, creativity, activism, and more. With the added lens of queerness and disability, the author shares potent insights into the reality of caregiving between parent and child and even romantic partners. Her stoic kayaking trip down the Myakka River rang especially true and vivid. As a fellow Floridian, I’ve retreated in terror from those same alligator-infested waters. I also appreciated getting a window into the author’s writing life. She sticks the landing in her final whirlwind of an essay on health complications and the much anticipated release of her memoir, A Certain Loneliness. Thank you to the University of Georgia Press for the advance reader copy. This was a pleasure to read.