BRITTLE JOINTS GN DEC211518 with striking visuals from artist

with striking visuals from artist Sam Lotfi (Mosely)

(W) Nikolas Draper-Ivey

an accidental teenage hero

Hipparchia is about to marry the rich son of a family friend when she meets Crates

BRITTLE JOINTS GN DEC211518 with striking visuals from artistWhen Maria Sweeney was young, she kept count of her broken bones. As she grew older, she stopped. Living with Bruck syndrome, a rare progressive condition that gives her very brittle bones and joint abnormalities, meant that those numbers climbed and climbed. Today, she struggles every day, living in an often inaccessible world. As an ambulatory wheelchair user, ordinary actions like entering a building, sitting at a caf, or holding a cup of tea can