TY - SER KW - Stigma KW - Social stigma KW - leprosy KW - India AU - Muthumeenal AB - Muthu Meenal was born in a village in Tamil Nadu and diagnosed with leprosy at the age of nine. Thorn is the story of her childhood and coming of age, culminating in her marriage. CN - 130.1 MUT b CY - Chennai, India LA - eng, tam N2 - Muthu Meenal was born in a village in Tamil Nadu and diagnosed with leprosy at the age of nine. Thorn is the story of her childhood and coming of age, culminating in her marriage. PB - Meenal Publishing House PP - Chennai, India PY - 2009 SN - 978-81-909594-0-7 EP - 128 p. TI - Thorn: an autobiography of the devil of social stigma ER -