John Lewis had great confidence in our future
and a book unlike any other
Emily Bell believes in destiny
So he leaves his mother's home in the suburbs and marches toward the city and the woman who he thinks will save him
insurrection from inside the halls of Congress
The Body Is a Doorway: A Memoir felix castor John Lewis had great confidenceIn this lyrical, radically expansive self portrait, celebrated poet, author, and lecturer Sophie Strand exploreswith searing insight and honestythe intersecting spaces of her own chronic illness, the complex ecology of a changing world, and the very nature of the stories we tell ourselves. At age sixteen Sophie Strandbright, agile, fearlessis suddenly beset by unexplained, debilitating illness while on a family trip abroad. Her once vibrant life