So instead, she approaches at a slant and, following in the tradition of philosophers from Marcus Aurelius to Iris Murdoch, uses the particulars of her own body and mind as objects of inquiry.Ĭooper Jones has a disability called sacral agenesis, which means she was born without a sacrum. In prose that is gorgeous, concise, and often very funny, Cooper Jones explores how she has become a person who can say “I am here” and mean it, while also offering the reader practical advice about how to become such a person.Ĭooper Jones wants to be “in the moment” but knows this has been embroidered on too many pillows to be taken seriously if she comes at it straight. While Chloé Cooper Jones’s Easy Beauty is a gripping memoir about parenting, disabilities, and figuring out what to do next, it is also a philosophical masterpiece, written in the tradition of those who see philosophy not as a dry academic subject but as a way of life.
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