Book challenges public’s conception of chronic illness
October 28th, 2007Sick Girl, by Amy Silverstein
Review by the Los Angeles Times
Feature in the Sydney Morning Herald
Blog posts on the website of U.S. News & World Reports can be found here and here.
Amy Silverstein’s new book is a memoir of her journey as a heart transplant patient, and she makes it quite clear that she is not grateful for the whole experience. She has been struggling for the past 19 years with a heart that sometimes seems to do its own bidding, and says she feels exhausted, angry and sometimes suicidal.
Silverstein has masked her unhappiness for years, but is at the same time angry that people don’t understand just how sick she is. Her book is described as a frank and honest account that has attracted the ire of other patients and their families.
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