Book Review: "The View From Down Here" by Lucy Webster

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⭐⭐⭐⭐ out of 5

Each and every book review has started off the same way for quite a while now and this book is no different.  Each book starts off with the full 5 stars and I'm always hopeful that they will all still be stuck firmly in place by the time I close the back cover.  I'm not shy about removing stars if I feel it necessary, but I always give my reason for taking each one off within the review - they don't just vanish.

The publisher approved my request to read and review this book and the biggest reason I'm looking forward to reading it is that I'm disabled in an able-ist environment so I'm hoping that this book and author will help me to feel seen at last.

I'm nodding along to everything in the first chapter so far - especially the inaccessible accessible pubs that had a ramp and wide doors... and customers standing at the top of the ramp, drinking, smoking and refusing to move.

I feel seen at last!!  We have differences, the author and I, but there are many many more similarities too.

Up to 70% now and I've just soaked up the last 64% because the author is saying so much of what I've been feeling since the Summer of 1999!

I'm gonna stop reading for the day 'cos it's getting towards my bedtime and I want to stop my head from buzzing at being understood at last!

There have been quite a few mentions of trademarked things that I've let slip up to now, but in fairness to other books I've read and reviewed that contained potentially unauthorised mentions of trademarked/copyrighted things, a star has, unfortunately, gotta come off.

Wow!  What an incredible book that this disabled woman is soooo thankful for!  It's a book that everyone should read, whether you're disabled or not.  There's a lot of uncomfortable truths - but the author has put them into words and put them out there for me, you and everyone to read and hopefully learn from.