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Subtitle: A woman explores the transforming – and, paradoxically, healing – experience of being ill Recommended by: a client Alchemists strive to turn lead into gold by heating it alone in a sealed container, a crucible. In the crucible of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Kat Duff turned inward and found healing in the stillness and isolation forced by [...] Subtitle: A Scientist’s Journey into Seeing in Three Dimensions Recommended by: jesse-the-k This book was a revelation for me. At last, a book for which I am the perfect target audience! Susan R. Barry writes about the experience of having crossed eyes since infancy, and thus lacking stereoscopic (3-D) vision. After practicing a series of [...] Subtitle: A Hmong child, her American doctors, and the collision of two cultures Recommended by: Emily Ross This is a beautifully written history of the Hmong people from Laos in the 20th century, interwoven with the story of one Hmong family who took refuge in Merced, California. Their daughter Lia Lee had her first epileptic seizure at [...] Subtitle: Readings on the experiences of mental illness I found this book because I was curious about Caroline Knapp’s writing after reading Gail Caldwell’s memoir about their friendship, and I read it because I wanted to learn about mental illness without its stereotype of causing violence. In fact, [v]iolence is not a symptom of psychotic illnesses [...] Subtitle: Spotting and stopping prejudice A brief, photo-filled book with concrete advice for teens on embracing diversity and overcoming prejudice. Adults can benefit from this book as well. As you can see on the cover, the photos strongly support the book’s message, showing people of a variety of skin colors, genders, and ethnicities. Diversity is defined as difference. Tolerance [...] Recommended by: Catherine Holmes Clark, who also has a detailed site about her journey with environmental illness. The sweet relief of reading about Buddhism from the perspective of women connected with their bodies took me by surprise. Until I read this book, I didn’t realize how much I’d been reading around a feeling of exclusion in [...] Recommended by: Dave Hingsburger’s blog The book begins, “My name is Perry L. Crandall and I am not retarded. Gram always told me the L stood for Lucky.” Perry is indeed lucky to be raised by his observant, patient Gram, since the rest of his family is avaricious and self-centered in the extreme. He is also [...] Recommended by: Susan Reagel With its full-page drawings, brief text, and animal characters in the Australian wilderness, “Fox” is in a children’s book format, but it is an adult book in disguise. How many children’s books begin with despair over loss and disability, move through partnership and betrayal, and end with the determination to do what [...] |
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