My Body is a Meadow

'Urgent and beautiful, this book shows how our treatment of disability mirrors our treatment of nature.Essential reading' - Katherine May, author of Wintering'A passionate call for an inclusive countryside - nature for all and all for nature' - Jack Cornish, author of The Lost PathsSince childhood, Bethany Handley has always felt most at home out in the wilds of the Welsh countryside.This all changed when Bethany became a full-time wheelchair user in her twenties and suddenly found herself padlocked out of the landscapes she belonged to. Today, nearly one in four people are Disabled in the UK.Yet, public rights of way are blocked in 32,000 places across England and Wales.My Body is a Meadow writes into this troubling landscape.Passionate and political, it delivers a galvanising call for us to rethink how we live among nature and each other.Lyrical and personal, Bethany invites readers to wheel alongside her as she explores ableism, climate justice and what nature means to her. On this