I read A PIECE OF THE WORLD by Christina Baker Kline last year. It's based on the true story behind an Andrew Wyeth painting, about a woman named Christina, born with an illness that weakened her legs, who lived in her family farmhouse for her entire lifetime.
My review on Goodreads:
"For me, Christina isn't a heroine who was easy to like. Her pride and obstinance drove people away, making many cautious around her cold tempers. Yet there is an admirable force of determination in her - fueled by that pride, nonetheless, not to give in to her disease, and not to use a wheelchair as that was a symbol of defeat, of surrender, of self-pity. She'd rather crawl around the house and the fields using her elbows to drag her along, scraping her knees and tearing her dresses. I do love her for this.
This story blows through a woman's life like an observing breeze. It binds carefully together the people who matter much to Christina, her pain, loss, fear of loneliness, preference for solitude or quiet company, her different loves, struggles, and self-examination. At a deliberate pace. Nothing shocking but evenly capturing. "