Slow Motion is both a heartfelt tribute to an extraordinary friendship and an awakening to disability rights and advocacy. By turns hilarious and heartbreaking, these stories reveal how Marcel has navigated prejudice, medical dismissal, and an ableist culture with grace and determination— and how Jen learned to see the world through entirely new eyes.

“I felt not so much inspired by this story as welcomed into it.”

–Monica Wood, author of “How to Read a Book” and “When We Were the Kennedys”