This impressively honest book explores the effects a challenging disability or illness can have on the mind and personal relationships, and how friends, family

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A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER FINALIST FOR THE 2022 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR NONFICTION Named one of the BEST BOOKS OF 2022 by NPR, The New Yorker, Time, and Vogue

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