Squeaky Wheels: Travels with My Daughter by Train, Plane, Metro, Tuk-tuk and Wheelchair by Suzanne K

Squeaky Wheels: Travels with My Daughter by Train, Plane, Metro, Tuk-tuk and Wheelchair by Suzanne Kamata

A mother-daughter travel memoir woven with comparative culture and accessibility awareness. Kamata's adventures with her teen- -who happens to be deaf, with cerebral palsy, and in a wheelchair- -through subterranean Tennessee, to the islands of Japan, and to the top of the Eiffel Tower ultimately lead to a daughter's increasing independence, a mother letting go of expectations, and advocacy for travel which prohibits discrimination.

"…Kamata's skill as a journalist vividly immersed me in Japanese daily life (education, social mores, food, high and low culture, parenting) from the perspective of an American mother raising a biracial child in Tokushima. The second half of the book brought Paris to life in delicious detail. Having lived there twice, I delighted in how beautifully Kamata captured the sights, the sounds, the Gallic character I so miss." -- Claire Fontaine, co-author of Come Back: A Mother and Daughter's Journey Through Hell and Back and Have Mother, Will Travel: A Mother and Daughter Discover Themselves, Each Other, and the World.