{"product_id":"beautiful-lives","title":"Beautiful Lives","description":"\u003cb\u003e'This book is both heart-rending and gorgeous. It crosses the line many times but ultimately, it's about love. He teaches us humanity.' MIRIAM MARGOLYES\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Thank you, Joey, for getting your dad off his arse to write this book.' HUGH BONNEVILLE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A beautiful book - powerful, persuasive, illuminating, moving.' GYLES BRANDRETH\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'This is a wonderful and important book. Beautifully written, of course; but full of pain and joy, concern and celebration.' SIMON RUSSELL BEALE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A powerful, multi-faceted, myth-busting account of the most marginalised and belittled out-group in modern society.' SIMON JARRETT, author of \u003ci\u003eThose They Called Idiots\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBeautiful Lives\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Unwin shapes this history into a powerful story of love, lived experience and the long struggle for a better future.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  ","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57483471815029,"sku":"9781035424740","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781035424740.jpg?v=1786178639","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/beautiful-lives","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}