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Say Hello | Carly Findlay
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A forthright, honest and rousingly triumphant memoir from a woman who has to live with a highly visible different appearancedue to a rare skin condition. Say hello to Carly. 'In fairytales,the characters who look different are often castas the villain or monsters. It's only when they shed their unconventional skinthat they are seen as "good" or less frightening. There are very fewstories where the character that looks different is the hero of the story ... I've been the hero of mystory - telling it on my own terms, proud about my facial difference anddisability, not wanting a cure for my rare, severe and sometimes confrontingskin condition, and knowing that I am beautiful even though I don't have beautyprivilege.' This honest, outspoken and thought-provoking memoir by award-winning writer and appearance activist Carly Findlay will challenge all your assumptions and beliefs about what it is like to have a visibly different appearance. Carly lives with a rare skin condition, Ichthyosis, and what she faces every day, and what she has to live with, will have you cheering for her and her courage and irrepressible spirit. This is both a moving memoir and a proud manifesto on disability and appearance diversity issues.
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Nalbuque
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Carly is an amazing person, and I‘ve been following her on Instagram for a while. She‘s so articulate and eloquent, it was plain to see that she‘s lived thru so many painful situations, both mentally and physically, and has solid advice to give.

If you‘re not familiar with disability pride and activism, I suggest you start looking into it, and this is a great starting point. Thanks, Carly.

#2021 #DisabilityPride #WomenAuthors #Activism

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Smrloomis
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One of my TBR recommendations that‘s on Scribd. Looking forward to listening to this! 🥳

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rachelm
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❤️midwest in the USA
🧡in my 30s and so happy to be out of the turbulent 20s. Phew.
💛I teach at a college and write 📝
💚married
💙she/her/hers
💜suuuuper uncreative! First name plus last first initial.

#gettingtoknowyou

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LitsyWelcomeWagon
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New book friends are the best! Everyone please give these new Littens a warm welcome. Happy Reading!

@JenniferCadie
@pythoness
@KarenO
@Agirlwhoreads

CoffeeNBooks Welcome to Litsy everyone! 📚 5y
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TheSpineView Welcome everyone to Litsy! 💖📚 5y
Ddzmini Welcome to Litsy happy reading 📖 😋 5y
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MrBook
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#LitsyFamily, I have another incredibly wonderful long-time close friend of mine who has joined us 😁👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻! Please give a warm welcome to @NYzTRiNiTY 🤗! She‘s a #NYC lady again after having been in Oklahoma for awhile.

I‘d tag all 6,000+ of you amazing Littens, but my fingers would revolt 🙈, so if I could just tag a few of you, could we get a #WelcomeWagon going? Thank you! 😁

IamIamIam 😁😁 Welcome!!! 5y
JenlovesJT47 Welcome to Litsy @NYzTRiNiTY !! 🤗 5y
guinsgirlreads Welcome @NYzTRiNiTY !! 👏🏻 Thank you @MrBook !! 🙏🏻 5y
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Kaylamburson Welcome to Litsy, @NYzTRiNiTY !! I hope you live it here!! A few other wonderful Littens to follow: @swishandflick @robinb @Onlaughterandliteracy 5y
Librarybelle Welcome to Litsy, @NYzTRiNiTY ! This is such a great place. Thanks for the tag, @MrBook ! 5y
cobwebmoth @NYzTRiNiTY Welcome to Litsy! 5y
Alfoster Welcome! And thanks @MrBook !👏👏👏 5y
Rachel.Rencher Welcome @NYzTRiNiTY ! 😊📚🎉 5y
EadieB Welcome to Litsy - a great place with great people! Enjoy! 5y
TracyReadsBooks Thank you for the tag @MrBook and welcome to Litsy @NYzTRiNiTY! I hope you enjoy this wonderful community! 5y
RavenLovelyReads @NYzTRiNiTY welcome to Litsy! Can‘t wait to see your posts! 💕 💕 5y
Texreader Welcome @NYzTRiNiTY ! You‘ll love it here! 5y
Lynnsoprano @NYzTRiNiTY Welcome to our Litsy family! 5y
JacqMac Welcome to Litsy @NYzTRiNiTY ! 5y
TheSpineView Welcome to Litsy! So glad to have you! @NYzTRiNiTY Thanks @MrBook for the tag! 5y
jb72 Welcome! 5y
MidnightBookGirl Welcome @NYzTRiNiTY ! I lived i. Oklahoma for 10 years, but I am back on the East Coast too. 5y
robinb Happy you‘re here @NYzTRiNiTY ! 👋Thanks for the tag @Kaylamburson ! 😘 I‘ll tag @LapReader and @JacintaMCarter .😊 5y
Jas16 Welcome to Litsy @NYzTRiNiTY 5y
BethFishReads Hello!!!! 5y
Robothugs Welcome to Litsy! 5y
Gissy Welcome @NYzTRiNiTY to this wonderful book family📚📚📚🎈🎈🎈🎉🎊👏👏👏👏👏 5y
Kaye Welcome 💕 5y
Reecaspieces Whoop! 5y
SamHeartCoffee Hi @NYzTRiNiTY ! Welcome! Litsy is sooooo much fun! Thanks for the tag, @Avanders ! 😘 5y
suvata @NYzTRiNiTY W E L C O M E T O L I T S Y (edited) 5y
Chrissyreadit Welcome to Litsy @NYzTRiNiTY ! Thanks @Avanders ! 5y
aschermetz Welcome to Litsy!!!! 5y
JoScho Welcome to Litsy @NYzTRiNiTY I hope you love it here! 💕 Thanks for the tag @MrBook 😊 5y
TheBookHippie Welcome!!! 5y
Lcsmcat Welcome to Litsy @NYzTRiNiTY ! 5y
heikemarie Wooo welcome @NYzTRiNiTY ! I‘m in NJ so we‘re neighbors. Looking forward to chatting about books with you! Thanks for the tag @Avanders , have you said hi yet @bullbunny ? ☺️ 5y
wanderinglynn Welcome to Litsy @NYzTRiNiTY 👋🏻 5y
mcipher Welcome @NYzTRiNiTY ! Hope you love it here!! 5y
BethM @MrBook single handedly growing Litsy! Welcome to the family @NYzTRiNiTY ! Thanks @Avanders 😘 5y
tpixie @NYzTRiNiTY Welcome to Litsy!! 🥳📚🥳 5y
DivineDiana @NYzTRiNiTY Glad you are joining us! 👏🏻📚👏🏻 5y
julesG Welcome to the Litsy family @NYzTRiNiTY 🎉 5y
LeahBergen Hello, @NYzTRiNiTY 👋🏻 and thanks for the tag, @Avanders ! 😘 5y
LauraJ Hello @NYzTRiNiTY 📚Welcome to Litsy! 5y
Sarah83 Welcome to the family @NYzTRiNiTY @Avanders thanks for tagging me 😁 5y
mrp27 Welcome! @NYzTRiNiTY 5y
JazzFeathers Welcome @NYzTRiNiTY l'm sure you'll find you tribe here! Have a look around and find an hashtag for the kind of books that you like to read, and you'll be all set. In case you like Tolkien, my group's hashtag is #YearOfTolkien 5y
Sungirl79 Welcome to Litsy @NYzTRiNiTY 😊 5y
CaramelLunacy Welcome to Litsy @NYz! Looking forward to seeing what you are reading! 5y
Birdsong28 Welcome to Litsy @NYzTRiNiTY 🎉🎊📚📖 5y
Kappadeemom Welcome to Litsy!! 5y
Eggs Thanks for the tag @MrBook ! 5y
Eggs Welcome to Litsy 🤗🌸 @NYzTRiNiTY ! 5y
Meaw_catlady Thanks for the tag! Welcome to Litsy @NYzTRiNiTY this is an amazing community! 💕💕💕 5y
Graciouswarriorprincess Welcome @NYzTriNity! Thanks for the tag @MrBook. 5y
Craftylikefox Welcome to Litsy @NYzTRiNiTY 🤗📚🎉 5y
Pamwurtzler Thanks for the tag! Welcome @NYzTRiNiTY ! 5y
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MrBook
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#LitsyFamily! I‘m so happy right now 😁👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🕺!

One of my all-time best friends has now joined Litsy!
Please say hi to @AmyRebecca and give her a follow ☺️. She‘s so awesome!

She‘s a fellow hardcore bibliophile who is in Florida and is looking for more positive and bookish friends, and you all definitely fit this bill.

Welcome Train please? If I tagged all 6,500 of you wonderful Littens, I‘d be up all night. 🙈

#LitsyWelcomeWagon

Robothugs Welcome to Litsy @AmyRebecca 😊 5y
BeansPage Welcome @AmyRebecca !!! I'm sure you will just love it here 💗🤗💗 5y
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cobwebmoth @AmyRebecca Welcome to Litsy! 5y
TK421 @AmyRebecca Welcome to Litsy! 5y
Reecaspieces Welcome to the wonderful world of nerds...uh....book people! You will love love love this place! 5y
EadieB @AmyRebecca Welcome to Litsy! Any friend of @MrBook is a friend of mine for sure! 5y
TheSpineView Welcome to Litsy @AmyRebecca So glad to have you here! Litsy truly is the best book community around! 💜📚 5y
guinsgirlreads Yay! Welcome @AmyRebecca !! 🥂Enjoy! Thanks for the tag @MrBook ! 🍻 5y
Kaylamburson Welcome to Litsy!!!! Any friend of @MrBook is a friend of ours! @AmyRebecca 5y
Graciouswarriorprincess Welcome @AmyRebecca ! Thanks for the tag @MrBook . 😃📚📖 5y
DeeLew Hello!! Welcome @AmyRebecca 😃 This is a great community. Any friend of @MrBook is a friend of ours 💙 📚📚📚🙌🏻 5y
mrp27 Welcome to Litsy!! 📚📚📚 @AmyRebecca (edited) 5y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Welcome to Litsy @AmyRebecca 🎊🎊🎊 5y
Librarybelle Welcome to Litsy, @AmyRebecca ! Thanks for the tag, @MrBook ! 5y
Chrissyreadit Welcome to Litsy @AmyRebecca ! 5y
AmyRebecca Aww thank you so much! I am excited to be part of this and to meet all of you fellow book lovers! I appreciate the warm welcome, my dear friend @MrBook ! 5y
merelybookish Welcome @AmyRebecca! Any friend of @MrBook is a friend of Litsy! 5y
Jas16 Welcome to Litsy @AmyRebecca 5y
Booksblanketsandahotbeverage Welcome @AmyRebecca ! 🎉 we have cookies and books ☺️ 🍪📚 5y
Branwen Hello and welcome @AmyRebecca !!! 🤗💕 5y
JacqMac Welcome to Litsy @AmyRebecca 🥂 5y
jb72 Welcome! 🎈 5y
Kshakal Welcome to the litsy family @AmyRebecca 💖 5y
BooknerdsLife Hello and welcome to Litsy 🙌🏼💕📚 @AmyRebeca 🤗 & Thank you for the tag @MrBook ☺️💛 5y
tpixie Thanks for the tag @MrBook Welcome to the best place for bookworms @AmyRebecca 🥳♥️📚 Be sure and post something, so we can say Hi !! (edited) 5y
CarolynM Welcome to Litsy @AmyRebecca 🌼 5y
Avanders Welcome! (Thx for the tag! 🤗🤗)Since it's impossible to avoid duplicates at this point ;p I won't even try... but here're some fun people to follow if you're not already! (don't forget @litsyhappenings ): @samheartcoffee @mabell @slategreyskies @xicanti @Ms_T @maleficentbookdragon @kaye @wanderingbookaneer @drnkpnkprincess @jenlovesjt47 @jenp @thekidupstairs @chrissyreadit @tk421 @cobwebmoth @mommamanzi @bethm @mollyanna @kalalalatja @soubhiville 5y
LibrarianRyan Eli @AmyRebecca Welcome welcome 5y
WanderingBookaneer @AmyRebecca , @BookishMarginalia and I also live in Florida. (Close to Sarasota.) 5y
Kaye Welcome 🌸 5y
mcipher @AmyRebecca Welcome to Litsy! Hope you love it here. 😊 5y
WorldsOkayestStepMom Welcome to Litsy!! 5y
erzascarletbookgasm 👋 and welcome @AmyRebecca 💐 5y
JanuarieTimewalker13 Welcome!!🌻 @AmyRebecca (edited) 5y
RainyDayReading Welcome to Litsy @AmyRebecca 5y
Cinfhen Hi @AmyRebecca what‘s your favorite genre??? And thanks for thinking of me @MrBook 💕💕 5y
Erofan Welcome @AmyRebecca 📚💕 5y
Louise Welcome to our bookish community, @AmyRebecca! 📚📔🖋📝💛 5y
ReadWithAJ Glad you joined us. I‘m new too. @AmyRebecca 5y
LeahBergen Hello, @AmyRebecca ! 👋🏻 5y
Vinjii Hello @AmyRebecca 🙌 5y
Gissy Welcome @AmyRebecca 🎈🎈🎈🎉🎊🎉🎊👏👏👏👏 5y
TrishB Hi 🙋‍♀️ 5y
Birdsong28 Welcome @AmyRebecca 🎉🎊📚📖 5y
Rissreads Hello 👋 5y
mabell Thank you for the tag @Avanders ! Welcome @AmyRebecca ! 🎉🎉 5y
JoScho Thanks for the tag and welcome to Litsy @AmyRebecca I hope you love it here as much as we do! 💕 5y
Mdargusch Welcome! This is such a great place to discuss all things bookish! 5y
JenlovesJT47 Welcome to Litsy @AmyRebecca !! 5y
Sharpeipup @AmyRebecca welcome to Litsy! What part of Florida are you in? 5y
Lynnsoprano Welcome to our Litsy family, Florida chapter, @AmyRebecca Where in Florida are you located? 5y
AmyRebecca @Robothugs thank you 5y
Lola Welcome to Litsy! So much bookish goodness to be had! 5y
Andrew65 Welcome to Litsy 🤗 @AmyRebecca, you will love it here. Thanks for the tag @MrBook 😊 5y
SamHeartCoffee Welcome, @AmyRebecca ! Litsy is mega-fun! Thanks for the tag, @Avanders ! 😘 5y
Sharpeipup @Lynnsoprano what part of Florida are you in? 5y
Lynnsoprano @Sharpeipup I‘m in Wellington in Palm Beach County. Where are you? 5y
aschermetz Welcome to Litsy, @AmyRebecca!! 5y
Sharpeipup @Lynnsoprano The Orlando area 5y
slategreyskies Thanks for the tag, @Avanders !! Welcome to Litsy, @AmyRebecca ! I think you‘ll like it here! :) 5y
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LitsyWelcomeWagon
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Welcome to the #LitsyFamily! We‘re so glad you‘re here! Checkout these #Litsytips: http://bit.ly/litsytips and #LitsyHowTo videos: http://bit.ly/litsyvideos There‘s so many fun things to do: book exchanges, buddy reads, photo challenges and more! Check out @LitsyHappenings for details. Everyone please go to this new litten‘s page to start the #whotofollow train! #LitsyWelcomeWagon

@Les_get_reading
@kelidanielle
@Daria.Adrianna21
@Mmassaro

Les_get_reading Thank you, friends! 💛📚 5y
StillLookingForCarmenSanDiego Welcome to the fam jam 📚💖 5y
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SW-T Welcome to Litsy everyone! 😊 5y
Ddzmini Welcome to Litsy happy reading 📖 😋 5y
Marilyncjackson Welcome to Litsy 5y
TheSpineView Welcome everyone to Litsy! 💜📚 5y
CoffeeNBooks Welcome to Litsy everyone! 📚 5y
The_Literary_Jedi Welcome to Litsy! 5y
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SharonAlger
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This book gave me so much food for thought. It‘s given me more perspective on the type of fiction I want to write, and how to write disability and image differences with sensitivity.

This book opens up the conversation about ableism, which is long overdue. I highly recommended!

Also, I noticed that the author, @CarlyFindlay has joined Litsy, so let‘s put her on the #LitsyWelcomeWagon !

Eggs Welcome to Litsy 🎈 5y
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greenhairdontcare
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Another great read! 👏🏻 I appreciated the honesty in Carly‘s book. I loved that she made me uncomfortable, as odd as that sounds. She writes in such an engaging & entertaining way, that when she tells it like it is & points out the privileges that non-disabled people have, you bloody well listen! Carly provides ideas & advice on how to be an ally to the disabled & visible differences community, along with ways to make some real changes. 💪🏻

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In answer to this question: yes. My partner was offered a disability ‘job‘, and they were extremely interested in using his previous experience and training and paying him a pittance for his trouble. Here‘s a news flash for employers: disabled people like/want/need money just as much as anyone else!
Don‘t assume ‘they‘ll just be grateful to have a job.‘

TrishB 😔 5y
Book_Gobbler Hear hear! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 5y
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SharonAlger @TrishB and @Book_Gobbler ♥️♥️♥️ 5y
Buechersuechtling Exactly‼️👍🏼 I just can‘t express how much I agree‼️ Thank you for posting/sharing. 🙇🏽‍♀️ 5y
SharonAlger @Buechersuechtling ♥️♥️♥️ 5y
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SharonAlger
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Wisdom from Carly and Stella.

RadicalReader Thanks so much for joining Litsy hope you love it here as much as I do. I have never seen such a mammoth TBR pile but definitely gives me a lot of exciting reads to look forward to picking up from the library 5y
SharonAlger @RadicalReader are you saying my TBR pile is mammoth, or yours? Either way, it‘s gotta be a good thing 😊 5y
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SharonAlger @RadicalReader and thanks, I absolutely love Litsy ♥️♥️ 5y
RadicalReader @SharonAlger my TBR Pile has become mammoth ever since I joined Litsy and discovered so many more delightful books I didn‘t even know existed but never been more insistent on reading 5y
SharonAlger @RadicalReader I see what you mean! Same here. I love it, too ♥️♥️♥️ 5y
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SharonAlger
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An excellent message from this great author today: ‘please don‘t forget your disabled sisters when celebrating.‘ Happy International Women‘s Day, everyone ♥️♥️♥️

Cinfhen Lovely 😊 5y
SharonAlger @Cinfhen I was meant to go meet her today at her book signing, and was sad I had to cancel ☹️ 5y
Cinfhen Awww, that is a shame 😫 5y
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greenhairdontcare
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I‘m learning SO MUCH from this book! What a gift & what an excellent read so far.

#memoir #disability #appearancediversity #ichthyosis