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I was so excited to see this display today at Bookmarks in Winston-Salem, NC! I loved Get a Life, Chloe Brown, and now I REALLY want to read What Doesn't Kill You: A Life with Chronic Illness - Lessons from a Body in Revolt. #chronicillness #invisibleillness #fibro

Shortlisted for the #ManBookerPrize, on the list of #1001books and yet I had never heard about this book before.

And that while it is really good. Told (so convincingly!) from the POV of an unstable but lovely 11-year old boy who considers himself a human lie detector. Because there are many lies in his family, even though his parents are trying to be honest. Painful and beautiful.
#invisibleillness #booked2018

Here‘s this season‘s post for #booked2018! ✅ Looking forward to next year!
I‘ll tag in the comments.

I liked this - a good story, complex characters, and a syndrome that I‘d never heard of before but seems awful. I‘m definitely reading the next book in this series. Thanks to the #booked2018 Goodreads group for the suggestion. And with this, I also finished my Goodreads challenge! #invisibleillness #goodreads

Abby Norman does an excellent job of portraying what it is like to live with endometriosis and chronic illness. From the dismissal of a woman‘s pain to the impact on daily life, this memoir nails it. I wish more men would pick up this book, to try to understand what it is like to live with this disease.

The only thing that kept it from a 5⭐️ read is the need for better editing. At times, it felt rambling.

#booked2018 #invisibleillness

You know what makes me angry? Endometriosis is considered a common illness, yet fictional characters with endo, PCOS, or another uterine-related disease barely exist, not even in YA.

I‘m starting this memoir for the #Booked2018 #invisibleillness prompt, but I can‘t resist calling out the taboo that still seems to surround writing character‘s that deal with reproductive-related illness. It‘s overdue, and we esp. need to see it in YA. #endowarrior

This was such a captivating read...I was amazed how a gifted athlete, 3 time Olympian, wife and suburban mom found herself ranked as the number two paid escort in Las Vegas. More astonishing is the role her husband took throughout Suzy‘s ordeal, as he stood by and accepted his wife was sleeping with men and women for money,gifts and excitement. I read this for #booked2018 #OlympicSport #MentalHealthAwareness