Heather Sellers: 4 books
You Don't Look Like Anyone I Know
A True Story of Family, Face Blindness, and Forgiveness
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2010
An unusual and uncommonly moving family memoir, with a twist that give new meaning to hindsight, insight, and forgiveness.
Heather Sellers is face-blind-that is, she has prosopagnosia, a rare neurological condition that prevents her from reliably recognizing people's faces. Growing up, unaware...
Georgia Under Water
Stories
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2001
This tale of a determined young girl and her dysfunctional Florida family is “perfect for fans of Lynda Barry” (Publishers Weekly, starred review).
“This smart, edgy book of interconnected stories follows Georgia Jackson from her 12th year through her 15th. Someone in the family seems always...
Diagnosing the Legacy
The Discovery, Research, and Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes in Indigenous Youth
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2018
In the late 1980s, pediatric endocrinologists at the Children’s Hospital in Winnipeg began to notice a new cohort appearing in their clinics for young people with diabetes. Indigenous youngsters from two First Nations in northern Manitoba and northwestern Ontario were showing up not with type 1...
The Ethics of Total Confinement
A Critique of Madness, Citizenship, and Social Justice
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2011
In three parts, this volume in the AP-LS series explores the phenomena of captivity and risk management, guided and informed by the theory, method, and policy of psychological jurisprudence. The authors present a controversial thesis that demonstrates how the forces of captivity and risk management...