Floppy: Tales of a Genetic Freak of Nature at the End of the World

One of the first books to explore the emotional landscape of living with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome from a patient's perspective; a playful story of falling down, getting back up again, and realizing you should have gone to the hospital sooner.

Author: Alyssa Graybeal
Publisher: Red Hen Press
Published: 05/30/2023
Pages: 280
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 8.43h x 5.43w x 0.87d
ISBN13: 9781636280974
ISBN10: 1636280978
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs
- Biography & Autobiography | People with Disabilities
- Biography & Autobiography | Women

About the Author
Alyssa Graybeal is a queer writer and cartoonist whose work
focuses on the emotional landscape of living with chronic illness and
disability, in particular the connective tissue disorder Ehlers-Danlos
syndrome. Floppy: Tales of a Genetic Freak of Nature at the End of the World
is her first memoir and won the 2020 Red Hen Press Nonfiction Book Award. She
has a BA from McGill University and an MLIS from Dalhousie University, and she
works as an editor and writing coach. You can find her online at www.alyssagraybeal.com. She lives in
Astoria, Oregon.