Disfigured: On Fairy Tales, Disability, and Making Space
by Amanda Leduc


Quick Summary
What happens when you identify more with the beast in the fairy tale than the beauty.? Amanda Leduc looks at fairy tales from the Brothers Grimm to Disney. Explaining how they influence our expectations and behaviour. Exploring and linking the quest for disability rights to new kinds to of stories that celebrate difference.


Final Thoughts
I was excited to read this one, it's been on my radar for a while. But unfortunately the book didn't live up to the hype. The author, although a talented write only used the stories to fit her own narrative of the world and not the actual meaning of the stories. 

I also wanted less academics and more fairy tales, but found myself needing to reread passages because it was losing my attention.