The narrator describes a female friend she met after immigrating to Australia. The friend's marriage deteriorated, and she left her husband; other friends are unkind, thinking her ungrateful because of her wheelchair-bound life, seeing her husband as too gracious for her. But the narrator remains friends with her and continues to admire her long into their old age.
Writing Disability in Australia
Type of disability |
Poliomyelitis requiring wheelchair. |
Type of character | Primary. |
Point of view | First person. |