# Beautiful Lives

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- Authors: [Stephen Unwin](https://www.bookquiver.com/stephen-unwin)
- Language: en_GB
- Published: 2025-06-05

## Description

'Both heart-rending and gorgeous. He teaches us humanity' MIRIAM MARGOLYES 'Thank you, Joey, for getting your dad off his arse to write this book' HUGH BONNEVILLE 'A beautiful book - powerful, persuasive, illuminating, moving' GYLES BRANDRETH 'Full of pain and joy, concern and celebration' SIMON RUSSELL BEALE 'A powerful, multi-faceted, myth-busting account' SIMON JARRETT _______________ For much of history, people with learning disabilities have been regarded as unworthy of interest - often seen as a threat to the social order and sometimes dismissed as barely human. While recent years have seen an improvement, learning-disabled people are still treated as fundamentally different. Beautiful Lives is a personal and pragmatic account, told through the eyes of a father whose son has severe learning disabilities. From early civilisation to the chilling realities of twentieth-century eugenics, this powerful book uncovers a startling and rarely told history - one deeply embedded in the challenges still faced today. Unwin shapes this history into a powerful story of love, lived experience and the long struggle for a better future.

## Editions

### Beautiful Lives

- Publisher: wildfire
- ISBN: 978-10-3542-474-0
- Pages: 1
- Published: 2026-06-04
- Language: en_GB

### Beautiful Lives

- Publisher: wildfire
- ISBN: 978-10-3542-473-3
- Pages: 1
- Published: 2025-06-05
- Language: en_GB

### Beautiful Lives

- Publisher: wildfire
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-10-3542-475-7
- Published: 2025-06-05
- Language: en_GB

### Beautiful Lives

- Publisher: wildfire
- Medium: audio
- ISBN: 978-10-3542-476-4
- Published: 2025-06-05
- Language: en_GB