{"product_id":"beautiful-lives-stephen-unwin-9781035424740","title":"Beautiful Lives","description":"'Both heart-rending and gorgeous. He teaches us humanity' MIRIAM MARGOLYES'Thank you, Joey, for getting your dad off his arse to write this book' HUGH BONNEVILLE'A beautiful book - powerful, persuasive, illuminating, moving' GYLES BRANDRETH'Full of pain and joy, concern and celebration' SIMON RUSSELL BEALE'A powerful, multi-faceted, myth-busting account' SIMON JARRETT_______________For much of history, people with learning disabilities have been regarded as unworthy of interest - often seen as a threat to the social order and sometimes dismissed as barely human. While recent years have seen an improvement, learning-disabled people are still treated as fundamentally different.   Beautiful Lives is a personal and pragmatic account, told through the eyes of a father whose son has severe learning disabilities. From early civilisation to the chilling realities of twentieth-century eugenics, this powerful book uncovers a startling and rarely told history - one deeply embedded in the challenges still faced today.   Unwin shapes this history into a powerful story of love, lived experience and the long struggle for a better future.","brand":"Headline Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51799512088864,"sku":"9781035424740","price":12.74,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0753\/2812\/7264\/files\/9781035424740_2467855.jpg?v=1780816851","url":"https:\/\/bookcorner.com\/products\/beautiful-lives-stephen-unwin-9781035424740","provider":"The Book Corner","version":"1.0","type":"link"}