![]() ![]() Sick refuses to be the kind of illness memoir many people might want, or at least expect. Is it because those narratives are often written by women? And other marginalized groups? Is it because our culture is quick to dismiss as unimportant the kind of suffering that doesn't have a clear beginning, middle, and end, with a perfect victim at its center? "Courage" is a good word to associate with this memoir it's a word that can feel overused when it comes to personal narratives, although it's important to question why it feels overused. I don’t remember a time when I wasn’t in some sort of physical or mental pain, but usually both." We're talking about her new memoir, Sick, in which she chronicles her experience with Lyme disease, addiction, anxiety, and the fact that, as she writes in the book, she has "been sick my whole life. "I often tell people it’s an act of courage to even put your story out there," Porochista Khakpour tells me over the phone. ![]()
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