![]() ![]() Several drug addictions, some major hospitalizations, and over $100,000 later, she finally had a diagnosis: late-stage Lyme disease. For most of that time, she didn't know why. 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, New York Times bestselling author of WildĪ powerful, beautifully rendered memoir of chronic illness, misdiagnosis, addiction, and the myth of full recovery.įor as long as author Porochista Khakpour can remember, she has been sick. ![]() Humane, searching, and unapologetic, Sick is about the thin lines and vast distances between illness and wellness, healing and suffering, the body and the self. ![]() “Porochista Khakpour’s powerful memoir, Sick, reads like a mystery and a reckoning with a love song at its core.
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