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In \u201cFour Fingers and Thir\u00adteen Toes,\u201d Rosaleen Moriarty-Simmonds, known as Rosy, offers a personal glimpse into her life. The unusual book title \u2013 trans\u00adlated as \u201cFour Fingers and Thir\u00adteen Toes\u201d \u2013 refers to her phys\u00adi\u00adcal char\u00adac\u00adter\u00adis\u00adtics result\u00ading from thalido\u00admide damage.<\/p>\n
In her auto\u00adbi\u00adog\u00adra\u00adphy, she describes her expe\u00adri\u00adences grow\u00ading up with a disabil\u00adity, the prej\u00adu\u00addices she faced in soci\u00adety, and the chal\u00adlenges she had to over\u00adcome along her path in life. At the same time, she tells the story of her family, her personal achieve\u00adments, and her desire to lead a self-determined life.<\/p>\n
Rosaleen Moriarty-Simmonds is from Wales and has worked for many years to advo\u00adcate for the rights and social inclu\u00adsion of people with disabil\u00adi\u00adties. Her life story high\u00adlights the impor\u00adtance of break\u00ading down barri\u00aders, over\u00adcom\u00ading prej\u00adu\u00addice, and giving people with disabil\u00adi\u00adties the same oppor\u00adtu\u00adni\u00adties and chances as every\u00adone else.<\/p>\n
Remem\u00adber\u00ading and not forgetting<\/strong><\/p>\n Rosaleen Moriarty-Simmonds is also commit\u00adted to keep\u00ading the memory of the thalido\u00admide scan\u00addal alive. In Cardiff, Wales, the Thalido\u00admide Memo\u00adr\u00adial honors the people whose lives were shaped by the drug thalido\u00admide. The memo\u00adr\u00adial is located in Alexan\u00addra Gardens in Cathays Park.<\/p>\n More infor\u00adma\u00adtion about the memo\u00adr\u00adial is avail\u00adable at www.thalidomidememorial.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n *****<\/p>\n Our tip:<\/strong><\/p>\n As part of the \u201cEgmond Circle,\u201d Giselle Cole will read from the English-language book \u201cFour Fingers and Thir\u00adteen Toes.\u201d<\/p>\n When:<\/strong> Satur\u00adday, Octo\u00adber 31, 2026, 10:30 AM to 11:30 AM Title:<\/strong> Four Fingers and Thir\u00adteen Toes Order\u00ading:<\/strong> The book can be ordered directly from the Author\u00adHouse Book\u00adstore<\/a> or through book\u00adshops. Rosaleen Moriarty-Simmonds also offers the book on her own website<\/a> for \u00a310. For orders from abroad, ship\u00adping costs must be requested separately.<\/p>\n A sample copy will be avail\u00adable at the book table in Lounge 2 during the event.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A Life Story of Courage and Self-Determination by Rosaleen Moriarty-Simmonds<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13574,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[190],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13335","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-read-takeaways"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/egmond-circle.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13335","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/egmond-circle.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/egmond-circle.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/egmond-circle.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/egmond-circle.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13335"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/egmond-circle.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13335\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13628,"href":"https:\/\/egmond-circle.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13335\/revisions\/13628"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/egmond-circle.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13574"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/egmond-circle.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/egmond-circle.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13335"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/egmond-circle.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nWhere:<\/strong> Abdi\u00adjzaal, Hotel Zuiderduin<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Bibliographic details<\/h3>\n
\nAuthor:<\/strong> Rosaleen Moriarty-Simmonds
\nYear of publi\u00adca\u00adtion:<\/strong> 2009
\nPublisher:<\/strong> Author\u00adHouse UK
\nLength:<\/strong> 244 pages, paperback
\nLanguage:<\/strong> English
\nISBN:<\/strong> 978\u20131\u20114389\u20134299\u20115
\nPrice:<\/strong> \u00a311.95 (publish\u00ader\u2019s price, plus ship\u00adping costs if applicable)<\/p>\n