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In the tradition of Brain on Fire and Darkness Visible, an honest, beautifully rendered memoir of chronic illness, misdiagnosis, addiction, and the myth of full recovery that details author Porochista Khakpour's struggles with late-stage Lyme disease.
For as long as writer Porochista Khakpour can remember, she has been sick. For most of that time, she didn't know why. All of her trips to the ER and her daily anguish, pain, and lethargy only ever resulted in one question: How could any one person be this sick? Several drug addictions, three major hospitalizations, and over $100,000 later, she finally had a diagnosis: late-stage Lyme disease.
Sick is Khakpour's arduous, emotional journey—as a woman, a writer, and a lifelong sufferer of undiagnosed health problems—through the chronic illness that perpetually left her a victim of anxiety, living a life stymied by an unknown condition.
Divided by settings, Khakpour guides the reader through her illness by way of the locations that changed her course—New York, LA, New Mexico, and Germany—as she meditates on both the physical and psychological impacts of uncertainty, and the eventual challenge of accepting the diagnosis she had searched for over the course of her adult life. With candor and grace, she examines her subsequent struggles with mental illness, her addiction to the benzodiazepines prescribed by her psychiatrists, and her ever-deteriorating physical health.
A story about survival, pain, and transformation, Sick is a candid, illuminating narrative of hope and uncertainty, boldly examining the deep impact of illness on one woman's life.
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“An honest look at howthe healthcare system fails the people who need it the most. Sickdetails not only the devastation of chronic illness but also how misdiagnosescan alter someone’s quality of life.”
— Time
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“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 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 -
“In this unrelenting memoir, Khakpour examines the brutality the world delivers upon our bodies while offering glimpses of hope amid life’s uncertainties.”
— Esquire -
“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 -
“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 -
“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 -
“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
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A Parade Magazine Pick of the Summer's Best Nonfiction
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A Boston Globe Pick of Most Anticipated Books of 2018
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A Huffington Post Pick of Most Anticipated Books of 2018
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An Electric Literature Pick of Nonfiction by Women of Color
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An Esquire Magazine Pick of Best Books of 2018 (So Far)
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A Time Magazine Pick of the Best Memoirs of 2018 (So Far)
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About Porochista Khakpour
Porochista Khakpour is an author whose 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.
About Yetta Gottesman
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.