Whats Done Cannot Be Undone

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This is not an inspirational memoir. This is not trauma porn. This is a memoir about the forces that impact our lives, both good and bad.

Athena Stevens has never learned the name of the doctor whose lack of intervention at her birth lead to her cerebral palsy, but she feels the consequences of his actions and inaction every day. The factor observed first and foremost in her life will forever be the effects of what other people have done to her, rather than her accomplishments. And yet, she was groomed to believe that she would overcome any force that stood in her way.

This complex, lyrical, gut-punch of a memoir delves into the reality that, for every action there is an equal, opposite reaction, and that changing the world single-handedly is as impossible as defying the laws of physics.

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Athena Stevens is an acclaimed writer, performer, director and social activist. She is a TEDx speaker and a founding member of the Womens Equality Party. Athena was nominated for an Off West End Award for Best Female Performance, and for an Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre. She is a contributor to The Stage, The Guardian, The Independent and The Mighty. Athena is a Trustee for the Young Women's Trust, a Trustee for Theatre Deli, a Patron for Coram Shakespeare Schools Foundation, an Advocate for Index On Censorship, an Accessibility Consultant for TFL and a founder of the Primadonna Literary Festival. Born in Chicago, she now lives in London. Athena was born with athetoid cerebral palsy.