Skallagrigg
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- Synopsis
- This story takes place in England, spanning the late 1800s to the not-too-distant future. One layer is the search for the "Skallagrigg", a mythical being known only to institutionalized disabled people. Are Arthur, a lttle boy with cerebral palsy who was left in a grim asylum, and the Skallagrigg merely myth? Read and find out. And then there's Esther Marquand, many years later, who as a woman with spastic cerebral palsy, cannot talk nor move much on her own. Yet she learns computers and writes amazing programming. SDhe goers in search of the Skallagrigg and makes her search into a computer game. Then there are all the other characters, including Tom, the close friend with Downs Syndrome. There are romances and losses. Surprises. Tears of sadness and joy. This is a good clean copy, I have verified accuracy with another person against the print book, but I'm not sure how screenreaders will come through on some of the phonetic disabled speech.
- Copyright:
- 1987
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Book Size:
- 705 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9780140072068
- Publisher:
- N/A
- Date of Addition:
- 05/13/04
- Copyrighted By:
- William Horwood
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Disability-Related, Computers and Internet, Literature and Fiction, Mystery and Thrillers, Medicine
- Submitted By:
- Liz Halperin
- Proofread By:
- Josh Swatosh
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
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