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A sometimes challenging memoir of feeling out of place, both inside and outside of one's own body; yet Khakpour brings a fresh perspective on how women live and cope with mental and chronic illness. -- ""Library Journal"" An honest look at how the healthcare system fails the people who need it the most. Sick details not only the devastation of chronic illness but also how misdiagnoses can alter someone's quality of life. -- ""Time"" Being a writer with Lyme is a double-edged sword ...So I thank Porochista Khakpour for doing what I know to be both impossible and necessary: telling her story. -- ""Electric Literature"" In this unrelenting memoir, Khakpour examines the brutality the world delivers upon our bodies while offering glimpses of hope amid life's uncertainties. -- ""Esquire"" Khakpour is a citizen of the world but a foreigner in her own 'Lyme-struck' body. Her searing memoir about trying to make peace with a chronic illness redefines both dislocation and belonging. -- ""O, The Oprah Magazine"" Khakpour takes us all the way in on her struggle toward health with an intelligence and intimacy that moved, informed, and astonished me. -- ""Cheryl Strayed, #1 New York Times bestselling author"" Khakpour writes honestly about her psychological struggle...enduring a disease for which she's treated, but for which there's no cure. Her remarkable story is one of perseverance, survival, and hope. -- ""Publishers Weekly"" Lucid, eloquent, and unflinchingly honest, Khakpour's book is not just about a woman's relationship to illness, but also a remarkably trenchant reflection on personal and human frailty. -- ""Kirkus Reviews"" Lyme disease is difficult to diagnose, and Khakpour's frank memoir will give hope to others who are struggling with this devastating illness. -- ""Booklist""

Lucid, eloquent, and unflinchingly honest, Khakpour's book is not just about a woman's relationship to illness, but also a remarkably trenchant reflection on personal and human frailty. -- Kirkus Reviews Lyme disease is difficult to diagnose, and Khakpour's frank memoir will give hope to others who are struggling with this devastating illness. -- Booklist A sometimes challenging memoir of feeling out of place, both inside and outside of one's own body; yet Khakpour brings a fresh perspective on how women live and cope with mental and chronic illness. -- Library Journal Khakpour writes honestly about her psychological struggle...enduring a disease for which she's treated, but for which there's no cure. Her remarkable story is one of perseverance, survival, and hope. -- Publishers Weekly Being a writer with Lyme is a double-edged sword ...So I thank Porochista Khakpour for doing what I know to be both impossible and necessary: telling her story. -- Electric Literature In this unrelenting memoir, Khakpour examines the brutality the world delivers upon our bodies while offering glimpses of hope amid life's uncertainties. -- Esquire An honest look at how the healthcare system fails the people who need it the most. Sick details not only the devastation of chronic illness but also how misdiagnoses can alter someone's quality of life. -- Time Khakpour is a citizen of the world but a foreigner in her own 'Lyme-struck' body. Her searing memoir about trying to make peace with a chronic illness redefines both dislocation and belonging. -- O, The Oprah Magazine Khakpour takes us all the way in on her struggle toward health with an intelligence and intimacy that moved, informed, and astonished me. -- Cheryl Strayed, #1 New York Times bestselling author

A sometimes challenging memoir of feeling out of place, both inside and outside of one's own body; yet Khakpour brings a fresh perspective on how women live and cope with mental and chronic illness. -- Library Journal An honest look at how the healthcare system fails the people who need it the most. Sick details not only the devastation of chronic illness but also how misdiagnoses can alter someone's quality of life. -- Time Being a writer with Lyme is a double-edged sword ...So I thank Porochista Khakpour for doing what I know to be both impossible and necessary: telling her story. -- Electric Literature In this unrelenting memoir, Khakpour examines the brutality the world delivers upon our bodies while offering glimpses of hope amid life's uncertainties. -- Esquire Khakpour is a citizen of the world but a foreigner in her own 'Lyme-struck' body. Her searing memoir about trying to make peace with a chronic illness redefines both dislocation and belonging. -- O, The Oprah Magazine Khakpour takes us all the way in on her struggle toward health with an intelligence and intimacy that moved, informed, and astonished me. -- Cheryl Strayed, #1 New York Times bestselling author Khakpour writes honestly about her psychological struggle...enduring a disease for which she's treated, but for which there's no cure. Her remarkable story is one of perseverance, survival, and hope. -- Publishers Weekly Lucid, eloquent, and unflinchingly honest, Khakpour's book is not just about a woman's relationship to illness, but also a remarkably trenchant reflection on personal and human frailty. -- Kirkus Reviews Lyme disease is difficult to diagnose, and Khakpour's frank memoir will give hope to others who are struggling with this devastating illness. -- Booklist

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Porochista Khakpour's debut novel Sons and Other Flammable Objects was a New York Times Editor's Choice, one of the Chicago Tribune's Fall's Best, and the 2007 California Book Award winner in the First Fiction category. Her second novel The Last Illusion was a 2014 Best Book of the Year according to NPR, Kirkus, BuzzFeed, PopMatters, Electric Literature, and many more. Among her many fellowships is a National Endowment for the Arts award. Her nonfiction has appeared in many sections of the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, Elle, Slate, Salon, and Bookforum, among many others. Currently, she is guest faculty at VCFA and Stonecoast's MFA programs as well as Contributing Editor at The Evergreen Review. Born in Tehran and raised in the Los Angeles area, she lives in New York City's Harlem. Yetta Gottesman, an audiobook narrator, actor, and director of Puerto Rican and Jewish heritage, was born in Puerto Rico and raised in Brazil. She is completely fluent in Spanish, English, and Portuguese. She is a lifetime member of the prestigious Actors Studio and LAByrinth Theater Company.

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