Elegance: A Novel
by Kathleen Tessaro
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Author: Kathleen TessaroEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2003-06-17
ISBN: 0060522259
Number of pages: 320
Publisher: William Morrow
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Book Review: "Elegance" Is Thoughtless About Disabled People
Summary: 2 Stars
I deeply enjoyed the book "Elegance" until I began to notice the many negative references to mentally disabled people. The first chapters offered the character's poor use of make-up until she "looked like a Down's person." Then I think a character in a bar acted like a "special-needs" person. Then came retarded, tard, person living in a special-needs home, etc. Does this author need to resort to this type of metaphor for her characters? And was the editoral staff so inattentive that no one found this objectionable? After all, imagine if these references had used race as their foundation. By the end of the book I lost all enthusiasm for what had been a fun read. True elegance is using your gifts to show skill and thought, not putting down an entire class of people.
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