Imperfect Bodies Phillis Levin As a narrative and a

As a narrative and a testament

the ripe impossible school'

a vanished village holds an ancient curse

he was brought up by his blind mother and elderly grandmother amid the rigid Presbyterian confines of Scotland’s north-east

Imperfect Bodies Phillis Levin As a narrative and aWhen Ali learns that she is expecting a child with CFC syndrome, a rare genetic condition that affects the heart, face, skin, and development, her world is shaken up. Doctors tell her that her baby will not even survive pregnancy but, against all odds, Carys is born. In this powerful literary memoir, Ali shares her journey as the mother of Carys, reflecting on motherhood, identity, the female body, and the able and dis abled body, while exploring