"This ethnography is quite accessible and would be appropriate for courses in applied, medical, and development anthropology, anthropology of globalization and cultural change, as well as to historians of disability, and gender studies scholars and students."
~Anthropology of East Europe Review
"Crafted with an interdisciplinary audience in mind, [this] volume will be of interest to historians of disability, Europe, and the Soviet Union, as well as to cultural and medical anthropologists. Written with accessibility in mind, Phillips weaves theoretical concerns into narrative accounts and historical and ethnographic detail. May 2011"
~H-Disability
"[This] entire study is a much-needed and welcome addition to the postsocialist literature and would fit well in anthropology, as well as interdisciplinary, courses on Russian and Eastern European studies."
~somatosphere.net
"Well written and yet accessible, both descriptive and analytical . . . a contribution to disability studies, to Soviet and postsocialist ethnography, to the anthropology of disability, and to the study of NGOs and social movements."
~Devva Kasnitz, University of California, Berkeley
"A masterfully written ethnography. . . . [Phillips] breaks new ground in offering us a glimpse as to how fundamental concepts of identity, gender, and belonging can inscribe themselves on the body and yet be shattered in a moment with devastating consequences."
~Catherine Wanner, Pennsylvania State University
