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Ruth Ahmedzai Kemp is a British literary translator working from German, Russian and Arabic into English.

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"Head above Water by @drshahdals is a welcome addi

"Head above Water by @drshahdals is a welcome addition to the growing body of illness narratives. She conveys eloquently and candidly the randomness of her multiple sclerosis, communicating what it’s like to live in her body—Arab, female, disabled—and how her illness has shaped her education and her life as an academic. Her prose is at once lively and deadly serious, vividly somatic and deeply thoughtful, highly engaging. Her book succeeds at a difficult endeavour: narrating chronic illness without imposing a false narrative arc on that experience. " - G.T. Couser, author of Recovering Bodies: Illness, Disability, and Life Writing  

🧡 #HeadAboveWater is available to pre-order via the link in our bio 🧡

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Head Above Water by @drshahdals is out this month

Head Above Water by @drshahdals is out this month on #WorldMSDay and there will be a book signing event and an online launch event. Stay tuned! 🧡

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✨️ COVER REVEAL ✨️ We are so excited to r

✨️ COVER REVEAL ✨️

We are so excited to reveal the cover of our highly anticipated new adult novel, Can I Stray written by @jennaadamsbooks. Publishing on October 11th 2022.

✨️ A captivating coming-of-age story —perfect for fans of Kate Elizabeth Russell and Holly Bourne — this debut novel explores consent, mental health, and the complex world of teenage sexual politics.

✨️ This story highlights the different ways people experience and talk about mental health.

That’s why, this Mental Health Awareness Week, it’s important to share these stories and explore the different ways people can talk about their experiences.

✨️ Click the link in our bio to learn more about #CanIStray ✨️

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Join us for an evening with @drshahdals on #WorldM

Join us for an evening with @drshahdals on #WorldMSDay (May 30th) at 6pm (BST) to celebrate the publication of her incredibly moving memoir #HeadAboveWater! Perfect for fans of #nonfiction, #female, #disability & #arab narratives.

🧡 Click the link in our bio to register for FREE! 🧡

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🧡 Head Above Water review by @aminareads 🧡

🧡 Head Above Water review by @aminareads 🧡

I devoured this book on one train journey and absolutely loved it. Although it saddened and angered me in some parts. @drshahdals explore her journey with multiple sclerosis (which was not familiar with) and overall being a women in a patriarchal society and in academia. I was very invested in the book as it shows the high and lows of working in academia which is a world I'm well familiar with working in the sector. So many theme uncovered such the importance of friendships. It's just beautiful written. I won't give in too much so fancy read, grab a copy now.

Ps I loved the conversation she had with her student and quotes at the start of each chapter.

🧡 You can pre-order a copy of #HeadAboveWater using the link in our bio! 🧡

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@drshahdals reads a short extract from #HeadAboveW

@drshahdals reads a short extract from #HeadAboveWater for #MSAwarenessWeek!

🧡 Read the full extract below.

“Every day, bodily maintenance became a hassle. It still is sometimes. We tend to think that these are issues that come with age. I had never considered holding a toothbrush, or the way I cup water in my hands to rinse my mouth, as being difficult before. Gripping a toothbrush, trying to keep the water cupped gently, staring at this new person in the mirror, these are moments that have never left me. I look at my wrinkled face today and wonder what it was like looking at my face then – no wrinkles, yet I still could not take care of basic tasks. Buttoning my shirt was an impossibility. Buttons demanded to be recognised for their grandness. My mother would help me look presentable. Before going to class (as a student and as a professor) I would need her to close me up – a button there, a zipper here, an earring clicked there. Forget high heels, shoes with laces, more objects that would be added to the list of things that suddenly became part of the invisible enemy I was fighting. As my world began to feel like a war zone I was constantly trying to fight. What was I fighting? Was it the mind or the body? Was it the mind that had deteriorated, or was it the body that couldn’t house my mind?”

🧡Click the link in our bio to pre-order copy of #HeadAboveWater 🧡

Head Above Water will be available in all formats on World MS Day, May 30th!

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Check out our latest interview with @drshahdals, a

Check out our latest interview with @drshahdals, author of Head Above Water. We take a deep dive as we discuss notions of gender, identity and hybridity. As well as the misconceptions that surround disability and how able-bodied people can be better allies by challenging ableism in society..

“Head above Water is a welcome addition to the growing body of illness narratives. Shahd conveys eloquently and candidly the randomness of her multiple sclerosis, communicating what it’s like to live in her body—Arab, female, disabled.” - G.T. Couser, author of Recovering Bodies: Illness, Disability, and Life Writing  

🧡 #HeadAboveWater will be published on #WorldMSDay, May 30th 2022! 🧡

👉 Click the link in our bio to read the full interview! 👈

#headabovewater #shahdalshammari #bookReview #bookSuggestions #bookRecommendations #memoir #nonFiction #ArabWomen #PalestinianLiterature #nonFictionBooks #multiplesclerosis #diversity #inclusion #invisibledisability #disabilityawareness #MS #mssurvivor #worldmsday #accessibility #inclusion #diversereads #readersofinstagram #bookstragram #booklovers #booknerd #indiebookstore #independentbookshop #arablit

🧡 This week is #MultipleSclerosisAwarenessWeek

🧡 This week is #MultipleSclerosisAwarenessWeek 🧡

MS is unpredictable and different for everybody. Symptoms are often unpredictable, random and change over time, so it’s difficult to know how your condition might progress. That’s why #MSAwarenessWeek is important to shine a light on what it is like living with this condition.

If you don’t know what MS is, swipe to learn more! 👉

Useful MS accounts to follow include:

🧡 @ms_trust
🧡 @multiplesclerosis.awareness
🧡 @ms.society
🧡 @multiple_sclerosis_foundation
🧡 @worldmsday

Head Above Water by @drshahdals is an achingly brave account chronicling a woman’s experience of disability. This rich meditation on women’s identities, bodies, and our journeys through life invites readers to consider our common humanity, shattering the conventional confines of memoir.

“Shahd Al Shammari closes her eyes, gets closer to herself, and produces a breakthrough narrative on dealing with a chronic illness. Conversational in tone, yet candid and probing in nature, Head above Water fills a gap in disability narratives by Arab Women.” - Dr. Nawar Al-Hassan Golley, author of Reading Arab Women's Autobiographies.   

🧡 You can pre-order #HeadAboveWater by heading to the link in our bio! 🧡
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"Stories make up our most vulnerable moments, and

"Stories make up our most vulnerable moments, and in storytelling we have the power to gain a sense of agency over our lives."

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Head Above Water is a memoir about illness, disabled bodies, friendship and a love of language and stories. Alshammari reflects through conversations on these topics with her friend Yasmeen and draws us in as a reader in to feel like another confidante. She also touches heavily on her identity as a Kuwaiti-Palestinian and how this has shaped her experiences.

After finishing this book I sat and pondered it for a while as I tried to formulate my review and struggled to find the words to properly capture my thoughts and feelings. Some of the finer details have slipped by since reading this but I think this has allowed me to focus on the feelings the book evoked and why I enjoyed it so much. When I look back I think about the beauty of the prose, the reflections about illness, language, relationships and body that struck me. When I read a memoir I want to be moved, I want to be immersed in another's experience and seek to reflect on the world through the eyes of another. Alshammari does exactly this and I could not put this book down.

This is a memoir for literary lovers, for those looking to read more from disabled and sick women but this is also just a memoir that I highly recommend. If you've read Catherine Cho's memoir Inferno which was a favourite of mine from last year, I would highly recommend this one. Thank you so much to the lovely @sofia_reading and @neemtreepress who put this book in my hands.

"We cry because we are strong enough to feel. We cry because we went through the woods and fell in love. We cry because we weren't always on autopilot. There is a beauty in allowing yourself to cry that I don't think many or us have mastered yet."

🧡You can pre-order a copy of #HeadAboveWater by going to the link in our bio! 🧡

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