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‘In fairy tales, the characters who look different are often cast as villains or monsters. It’s only when they shed their unconventional skin that they are seen as “good” or less frightening. There are very few stories where the character that looks different is the hero of the story ... I’ve been the hero of my story – telling it on my own terms and proud about my facial difference and disability.’ This forthright, honest and rousingly triumphant memoir by award-winning writer and appearance activist Carly Findlay will challenge all your assumptions and beliefs about what it is like to have a visibly different appearance. Carly lives with a rare skin condition, ichthyosis, and what she faces every day, and what she has to live with, will have you cheering for her, her courage and her irrepressible spirit. This is both a moving memoir and a proud manifesto on disability and appearance diversity issues.

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Carly Findlay is an award-winning writer, speaker and appearance activist. She writes on disability and appearance diversity issues for news outlets including the ABC, The Age, the Sydney Morning Herald and SBS. She was named as one of Australia’s most influential women in the 2014 Australian Financial Review and Westpac 100 Women of Influence Awards. She has appeared on ABC TV’s You Can’t Ask That and Cyberhate with Tara Moss, and has been a regular on various ABC radio programs. Carly identifies as a proud disabled woman – she lives with a rare, severe skin condition, ichthyosis. Carly Findlay is an award-winning writer, speaker and appearance activist. She writes on disability and appearance diversity issues for news outlets including the ABC, The Age, the Sydney Morning Herald and SBS. She was named as one of Australia’s most influential women in the 2014 Australian Financial Review and Westpac 100 Women of Influence Awards. She has appeared on ABC TV’s You Can’t Ask That and Cyberhate with Tara Moss, and has been a regular on various ABC radio programs. Carly identifies as a proud disabled woman – she lives with a rare, severe skin condition, ichthyosis.

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