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In this chronicle of will and hope, Ben Mattlin demystifies the inter-abled relationship, showing that it should be a matter neither of wonder nor of pity. This is an urgent, deeply felt, and sometimes hilarious account of marriages that feel as obvious to those within them as they do bewildering to many people outside them. Mattlin gives us a testament to the deep humanity that can manifest in any kind of body, and to the passionate love such humanity can provoke in others. --Andrew Solomon, author of Far and Away, National Book Critics Circle Award winner Far From the Tree, and National Book Award winner The Noonday Demon. Ben Mattlin has written an inspired and inspiring book about couples facing the challenge of one partner's disabilities; In Sickness and in Health is a very candid examination of the unique and daunting obstacles these couples face in their daily lives as well as an anthology of compelling love stories.--Jay McInerney
About the Author
BEN MATTLIN is the author of MIRACLE BOY GROWS UP and the forthcoming IN SICKNESS AND IN HEALTH.
Based in Los Angeles, he is a frequent contributor to Financial Advisor magazine. His work has appeared in The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, Self magazine, and USA Today, and has been broadcast on NPR's "Morning Edition." He's also a former contributing editor at Institutional Investor, the late Windows In Financial Services, Dealmaker, Buyside, and Individual Investor magazines.
Non-print credits include the Mark Taper Forum, Blonde and Brunette Productions, and the children's television program BIKER MICE FROM MARS.
He has a nice butt, too, but you'll never see it because he's always sitting in a wheelchair.
His writing about disability-related causes led to appearances on ABC's Prime Time Live, CNN, and E! Entertainment Network, and radio interviews on KKFI and KPFK, Los Angeles, and KSLC, Salt Lake City. He's also been quoted in The Wall Street Journal, U.S. News & World Report, and Penthouse.
Born in New York City in 1962 with spinal muscular atrophy, a congenital muscle weakness, Mattlin graduated cum laude from Harvard University in 1984.
He lives in Los Angeles with his wife, their two daughters, a cat and a turtle.
His new book, IN SICKNESS AND HEALTH, will be out in January 2018 from Beacon Press.
