I Am Not Achilles: A Memoir

A searing memoir about what it means to live in a body that is always being evaluated, by ourselves and others-and the impossible quest for normality

Emil Sands grew up learning to manage a body that is deemed unruly. Born with cerebral palsy, he is taught-by doctors, his parents, and eventually himself-how to correct and conceal his body in a pursuit of normality. But as a young teen, Emil stood before a marble statue from the ancient world-one depicting an ideal body-and, much to his shock...