'Gorgeous, vividly alive' New York Times'Bold, honest and superbly well-written' Andre Aciman, author of Call Me By Your Name'Graceful and soul-baring' Melanie Reid, The Times'Blends journalism, philosophy and memoir... a book that everyone will be talking about' Lit HubI am in a bar in Brooklyn listening to two men, my friends, discuss whether or not my life was worth living.So begins Chloe Cooper Jones's bold account of moving through the world in a body that looks different than most. Born with a rare congenital condition called sacral agenesis, she must contend not only with her own physical pain, but the emotional discomfort of others.It is only when she unexpectedly becomes a mother that she confronts the demand to live life fully, propelling her on a journey across the globe, reclaiming the spaces she'd been denied, and denied herself.From Roman sculptures to a Beyonce concert, from a tennis tournament to the Cambodian Killing Fields, Jones interrogates the myths of beauty with spiky intelligence, aesthetic philosophy, love and humour, inviting us to find a new way of seeing.