A Life Not with Standing
A Life Not with Standing by Chava Willig Levy, published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform on December 4, 2013, is a 250-page exploration of the life experiences of an iron lung alumna. This book chronicles a range of adventures that are exhilarating, agonizing, and amorous, while challenging stereotypes about individuals with disabilities. It aims to foster a perspective that views disability through a lens of pride rather than prejudice.
Readers will find a narrative that celebrates themes of family, faith, music, and resilience. A Life Not with Standing goes beyond the personal journey of Chava Willig Levy, illustrating how unexpected calamities can transform into sources of joy and strength. This biography invites reflection on the complexities of life and the tenacity required to navigate its challenges.
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A Life Not with Standing chronicles the adventures-by turns exhilarating, agonizing and amorous-of an iron lung alumna. It shatters stereotypes about people with disabilities, enabling others to view disability with pride, not prejudice. It celebrates family, faith, music, tenacity, idealism and indignation.
But most of all, A Life Not with Standing tells a story beyond Chava Willig Levy’s polio chronicle: how calamities can befall innocent people and how those calamities can evolve into and, in fact, become ingredients of and prerequisites for ensuing joy.
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