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Carnal acts

Carnal acts

by Nancy Mairs

1990American AuthorsAuthors, AmericanBiographyMultiple sclerosisPatients
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In these essays, the author portrays her individual difficulties and triumphs as well as the ultimate resilience of the human spirit as she explores the challenges of living as fully as possible while gradually becoming more and more physically crippled, and celebrates what it is to be human.

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American AuthorsAuthors, AmericanBiographyMultiple sclerosisPatientsWomen and literature
First published 1990

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United States20th century

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Nancy Mairs

1943

Author

Nancy Mairs

First published

1990

Pages

161

Read time

≈ 4h

Editions

3

Language

English

Publisher

HarperCollinsPublishers

ISBN

9780060921170

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