{"product_id":"sick-a-memoir-paperback","title":"Sick: A Memoir - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePorochista Khakpour\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Best Book of the Year: \u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eReal Simple, Entropy, Mental Floss, \u003cbr\u003eBitch Media, The Paris Reivew, and LitHub\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eTime Magazine's \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBest Memoirs of 2018\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eBoston Globe's \u003c\/em\u003e25 Books We Can't Wait to Read in 2018\u003c\/strong\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eBuzzfeed's\u003cbr\u003e33 \u003c\/em\u003eMost Exciting New Books\u003c\/strong\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eGQ\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eBest Non Fiction Book of 2018\u003c\/strong\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eBustle's\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e28 Most Anticipated Nonfiction Books of 2018 list\u003c\/strong\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eNylon's\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e50 Books We Can't Wait to Read in 2018\u003c\/strong\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eElectric Literature's\u003c\/em\u003e 46 Books to\u003cbr\u003eRead By Women of Color in 2018\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Porochista\u003cbr\u003eKhakpour's powerful memoir, \u003cem\u003e Sick\u003c\/em\u003e, reads like a mystery and a reckoning\u003cbr\u003ewith a love song at its core. Humane, searching, and unapologetic, \u003cem\u003e Sick\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eis about the thin lines and vast distances between illness and wellness, \u003cbr\u003ehealing and suffering, the body and the self. Khakpour takes us all the way in\u003cbr\u003eon her struggle toward health with an intelligence and intimacy that moved, \u003cbr\u003einformed, and astonished me\u003c\/strong\u003e.\" \u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e -- \u003cstrong\u003eCheryl\u003cbr\u003eStrayed, \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e bestselling author of \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWild\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA powerful, beautifully rendered\u003cbr\u003ememoir of chronic illness, misdiagnosis, addiction, and the myth of full\u003cbr\u003erecovery.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor as long\u003cbr\u003eas author Porochista Khakpour can remember, she has been sick. For most of that\u003cbr\u003etime, she didn't know why. Several drug addictions, some major\u003cbr\u003ehospitalizations, and over $100,000 later, she finally had a diagnosis: \u003cbr\u003elate-stage Lyme disease. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eSick \u003c\/em\u003eis Khakpour's grueling, emotional journey--as a woman, an\u003cbr\u003eIranian-American, a writer, and a lifelong sufferer of undiagnosed health\u003cbr\u003eproblems--in which she examines her subsequent struggles with mental illness and\u003cbr\u003eher addiction to doctor prescribed benzodiazepines, that both aided and eroded\u003cbr\u003eher ever-deteriorating physical health. Divided by settings, Khakpour guides\u003cbr\u003ethe reader through her illness by way of the locations that changed her\u003cbr\u003ecourse--New York, LA, Santa Fe, and a college town in Germany--as she meditates\u003cbr\u003eon the physiological and psychological impacts of uncertainty, and the eventual\u003cbr\u003echallenge of accepting the diagnosis she had searched for over the course of\u003cbr\u003eher adult life. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA story of survival, pain, and transformation, \u003cem\u003eSick \u003c\/em\u003ecandidly\u003cbr\u003eexamines the colossal impact of illness on one woman's life by not just\u003cbr\u003ehighlighting the failures of a broken medical system but by also boldly\u003cbr\u003echallenging our concept of illness narratives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.1 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 27, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45681277206572,"sku":"9780062428738","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0728\/0954\/5772\/files\/QuAr3oedjc9780062428738.webp?v=1781851276","url":"https:\/\/smartsupplydeals.com\/products\/sick-a-memoir-paperback","provider":"Smart supply deals","version":"1.0","type":"link"}