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🧠 Multiple Sclerosis

Memoirs, guides, and novels that reckon with the unpredictable reality of MS, from diagnosis through daily adaptation. These books offer both medical understanding and the hard-won wisdom of living with a body that keeps changing the rules.
Overcoming Multiple Sclerosis Handbook
by George Jelinek MD • 2022
A lifestyle program that reframes MS as manageable, from a doctor who stabilized his own health.
4.22
18
🧬 Autoimmune Disease🌱 Lifestyle Medicine🥗 Diet Therapy
Overcoming Multiple Sclerosis Handbook Summary
Overcoming Multiple Sclerosis Handbook 92%
A lifestyle program that reframes MS as manageable, from a doctor who stabilized his own health.
by George Jelinek MD 2022
4.22
18 ratings
🧬 Autoimmune Disease🌱 Lifestyle Medicine🥗 Diet Therapy
Overcoming Multiple Sclerosis
by George Jelinek MD • 2010
A physician's seven-part protocol to slow multiple sclerosis: diet, sun, and stress reduction.
4.42
295
🛡️ Autoimmune Disease💊 Chronic Illness🥗 Lifestyle Medicine
Overcoming Multiple Sclerosis Summary
Overcoming Multiple Sclerosis 91%
A physician's seven-part protocol to slow multiple sclerosis: diet, sun, and stress reduction.
by George Jelinek MD 2010
4.42
295 ratings
🛡️ Autoimmune Disease💊 Chronic Illness🥗 Lifestyle Medicine
Lucky Man
by Michael J. Fox • 2002
Diagnosed at 29, he hid Parkinson's seven years using props and pills. Then he went public.
4.08
29k+
🎬 Hollywood Memoirs🏥 Chronic Illness🧊 Sobriety Memoirs
Lucky Man Summary
Lucky Man 90%
Diagnosed at 29, he hid Parkinson's seven years using props and pills. Then he went public.
by Michael J. Fox 2002
4.08
29k+ ratings
🎬 Hollywood Memoirs🏥 Chronic Illness🧊 Sobriety Memoirs
Brain on Fire
by Susannah Cahalan • 2012
A phantom bug bite, then catatonia. A brain biopsy found an autoimmune disease, not mental illness.
4.09
239k+
🔍 Medical Mystery📖 Illness Memoir🦠 Autoimmune Disease
Brain on Fire Summary
Brain on Fire 89%
A phantom bug bite, then catatonia. A brain biopsy found an autoimmune disease, not mental illness.
by Susannah Cahalan 2012
4.09
239k+ ratings
🔍 Medical Mystery📖 Illness Memoir🦠 Autoimmune Disease
Not Fade Away
by Rebecca Alexander • 2014
At 19, told she was going blind and deaf, she fell 27 feet from a window.
3.96
1k+
🦽 Disability Memoirs👂 Sensory Loss⏳ Progressive Illness
Not Fade Away Summary
Not Fade Away 89%
At 19, told she was going blind and deaf, she fell 27 feet from a window.
by Rebecca Alexander 2014
3.96
1k+ ratings
🦽 Disability Memoirs👂 Sensory Loss⏳ Progressive Illness
Poster Child
by Emily Rapp • 2006
Born with a partial leg, she mastered the art of seeming whole. That mastery nearly undid her.
3.72
645
🩺 Medical Memoir🦿 Physical Disability💭 Internalized Ableism
Poster Child Summary
Poster Child 89%
Born with a partial leg, she mastered the art of seeming whole. That mastery nearly undid her.
by Emily Rapp 2006
3.72
645 ratings
🩺 Medical Memoir🦿 Physical Disability💭 Internalized Ableism
The Blink of an Eye
by Rikke Schmidt Kjærgaard • 2018
Healthy at breakfast, comatose by nightfall: 153 days learning to blink, then to speak.
4.09
467
🏥 Medical Memoir💤 Coma And Awakening🧠 Neuro Rehabilitation
The Blink of an Eye Summary
The Blink of an Eye 89%
Healthy at breakfast, comatose by nightfall: 153 days learning to blink, then to speak.
by Rikke Schmidt Kjærgaard 2018
4.09
467 ratings
🏥 Medical Memoir💤 Coma And Awakening🧠 Neuro Rehabilitation
On Pluto
by Greg O'Brien • 2014
What a journalist sees when he turns his reporter's eye on his own disappearing brain.
3.96
1k+
🧠 Dementia Memoir🩺 Medical Memoir🌫️ Cognitive Decline
On Pluto Summary
On Pluto 89%
What a journalist sees when he turns his reporter's eye on his own disappearing brain.
by Greg O'Brien 2014
3.96
1k+ ratings
🧠 Dementia Memoir🩺 Medical Memoir🌫️ Cognitive Decline
The Neuroscientist Who Lost Her Mind
by Barbara K. Lipska • 2018
She studied mental illness for decades. Then 18 brain tumors gave it to her firsthand.
3.89
8k+
🧠 Neuroscience Memoir🔖 Medical Memoir🩺 Medical Mystery
The Neuroscientist Who Lost Her Mind Summary
The Neuroscientist Who Lost Her Mind 89%
She studied mental illness for decades. Then 18 brain tumors gave it to her firsthand.
by Barbara K. Lipska 2018
3.89
8k+ ratings
🧠 Neuroscience Memoir🔖 Medical Memoir🩺 Medical Mystery
One Hundred Names for Love
by Diane Ackerman • 2011
A stroke took his language. Two writers then learned what love sounds like without words.
3.85
2k+
🏥 Stroke Recovery🗨️ Aphasia💝 Caregiving Memoirs
One Hundred Names for Love Summary
One Hundred Names for Love 89%
A stroke took his language. Two writers then learned what love sounds like without words.
by Diane Ackerman 2011
3.85
2k+ ratings
🏥 Stroke Recovery🗨️ Aphasia💝 Caregiving Memoirs
Diagnosis
by Lisa Sanders • 2019
High-tech scans get the glory, but the real diagnostic work starts with a doctor who listens.
4.00
4k+
🧩 Medical Mysteries🦠 Rare Diseases🧠 Cognitive Biases
Diagnosis Summary
Diagnosis 88%
High-tech scans get the glory, but the real diagnostic work starts with a doctor who listens.
by Lisa Sanders 2019
4.00
4k+ ratings
🧩 Medical Mysteries🦠 Rare Diseases🧠 Cognitive Biases
On the Move
by Oliver Sacks • 2015
Patients frozen for decades took one drug and woke. Their neurologist was not ready.
4.03
22k+
🧠 Clinical Neurology🩺 Medical Memoir🧬 Neurological Disorders
On the Move Summary
On the Move 88%
Patients frozen for decades took one drug and woke. Their neurologist was not ready.
by Oliver Sacks 2015
4.03
22k+ ratings
🧠 Clinical Neurology🩺 Medical Memoir🧬 Neurological Disorders
In the Land of Pain
by Alphonse Daudet • 1929
Pain resists words. A dying novelist splits himself: half suffers, the other half watches.
3.68
597
🏥 Chronic Illness✍️ Literary Memoir📖 Illness Narrative
In the Land of Pain Summary
In the Land of Pain 88%
Pain resists words. A dying novelist splits himself: half suffers, the other half watches.
by Alphonse Daudet 1929
3.68
597 ratings
🏥 Chronic Illness✍️ Literary Memoir📖 Illness Narrative
The Ghost in My Brain
by Clark Elliott • 2015
His identity vanished after a minor crash. Eight years later, two therapists reassembled it.
3.82
938
🤕 Traumatic Brain Injury🧠 Brain Health🔄 Brain Plasticity
The Ghost in My Brain Summary
The Ghost in My Brain 88%
His identity vanished after a minor crash. Eight years later, two therapists reassembled it.
by Clark Elliott 2015
3.82
938 ratings
🤕 Traumatic Brain Injury🧠 Brain Health🔄 Brain Plasticity
The Family Gene
by Joselin Linder • 2017
One family's mystery illness made them swell, choke. The gene revealed the liver pumps blood too.
4.05
1k+
🧬 Genetic Disorders🦠 Rare Diseases🔍 Medical Mysteries
The Family Gene Summary
The Family Gene 88%
One family's mystery illness made them swell, choke. The gene revealed the liver pumps blood too.
by Joselin Linder 2017
4.05
1k+ ratings
🧬 Genetic Disorders🦠 Rare Diseases🔍 Medical Mysteries
Ghost Boy
by Martin Pistorius • 2011
At 12 his body went silent. His mind didn't. For thirteen years, no one noticed.
4.05
28k+
🧑‍🦽 Disability Memoirs🧠 Locked-In Syndrome🏥 Neurological Disorders
Ghost Boy Summary
Ghost Boy 88%
At 12 his body went silent. His mind didn't. For thirteen years, no one noticed.
by Martin Pistorius 2011
4.05
28k+ ratings
🧑‍🦽 Disability Memoirs🧠 Locked-In Syndrome🏥 Neurological Disorders
Coping with Psoriasis
by David L. Cram • 2000
The dermatologist's playbook for psoriasis: right doctor, right treatment, stop hiding.
3.60
5
🩹 Chronic Skin Conditions🦠 Autoimmune Disorders🤝 Doctor Patient Partnership
Coping with Psoriasis Summary
Coping with Psoriasis 88%
The dermatologist's playbook for psoriasis: right doctor, right treatment, stop hiding.
by David L. Cram 2000
3.60
5 ratings
🩹 Chronic Skin Conditions🦠 Autoimmune Disorders🤝 Doctor Patient Partnership
Life on Delay
by John Hendrickson • 2023
One interview with Joe Biden forced a journalist to confront what he'd spent a lifetime hiding.
4.47
2k+
🗣️ Speech Disorders♿ Living With Disability📖 Disability Memoir
Life on Delay Summary
Life on Delay 88%
One interview with Joe Biden forced a journalist to confront what he'd spent a lifetime hiding.
by John Hendrickson 2023
4.47
2k+ ratings
🗣️ Speech Disorders♿ Living With Disability📖 Disability Memoir
Divided Minds
by Pamela Spiro Wagner • 2005
One twin develops schizophrenia. The other becomes a psychiatrist. A bond built for two, tested.
4.00
3k+
🧠 Schizophrenia Memoirs👯 Twin Bonds🏥 Psychiatric Wards
Divided Minds Summary
Divided Minds 88%
One twin develops schizophrenia. The other becomes a psychiatrist. A bond built for two, tested.
by Pamela Spiro Wagner 2005
4.00
3k+ ratings
🧠 Schizophrenia Memoirs👯 Twin Bonds🏥 Psychiatric Wards
Everything in Its Place
by Oliver Sacks • 2019
Oliver Sacks's final essays: what broken brains reveal about music, identity, and being human.
4.14
3k+
🧠 Neurology🩺 Medical Humanities📖 Narrative Medicine
Everything in Its Place Summary
Everything in Its Place 88%
Oliver Sacks's final essays: what broken brains reveal about music, identity, and being human.
by Oliver Sacks 2019
4.14
3k+ ratings
🧠 Neurology🩺 Medical Humanities📖 Narrative Medicine
The Long Covid Survival Guide
by Fiona Lowenstein • 2022
A patient-built playbook for surviving Long COVID when doctors dismiss you and rest isn't enough.
4.30
156
🩺 Chronic Illness🫁 Long Covid🚫 Medical Gaslighting
The Long Covid Survival Guide Summary
The Long Covid Survival Guide 88%
A patient-built playbook for surviving Long COVID when doctors dismiss you and rest isn't enough.
by Fiona Lowenstein 2022
4.30
156 ratings
🩺 Chronic Illness🫁 Long Covid🚫 Medical Gaslighting
The Country of the Blind
by Andrew Leland • 2023
A writer losing his sight discovers blindness is a vast, varied world hiding in plain view.
4.09
6k+
🦯 Blindness Memoir✊ Disability Rights🩺 Chronic Illness
The Country of the Blind Summary
The Country of the Blind 88%
A writer losing his sight discovers blindness is a vast, varied world hiding in plain view.
by Andrew Leland 2023
4.09
6k+ ratings
🦯 Blindness Memoir✊ Disability Rights🩺 Chronic Illness
The Invisible Kingdom
by Meghan O'Rourke • 2022
When doctors couldn't name her illness, she uncovered the medical blind spot affecting millions.
4.02
7k+
🩺 Chronic Illness🚺 Women'S Health🩻 Medical Gaslighting
The Invisible Kingdom Summary
The Invisible Kingdom 88%
When doctors couldn't name her illness, she uncovered the medical blind spot affecting millions.
by Meghan O'Rourke 2022
4.02
7k+ ratings
🩺 Chronic Illness🚺 Women'S Health🩻 Medical Gaslighting
Music Heard So Deeply
by Betsey King • 2015
In a therapist's hands, live music rebuilds speech and movement where medicine alone falls short.
4.65
23
🎵 Music Therapy📖 Healthcare Memoir🎨 Creative Arts Therapies
Music Heard So Deeply Summary
Music Heard So Deeply 88%
In a therapist's hands, live music rebuilds speech and movement where medicine alone falls short.
by Betsey King 2015
4.65
23 ratings
🎵 Music Therapy📖 Healthcare Memoir🎨 Creative Arts Therapies
Born on a Blue Day
by Daniel Tammet • 2006
A mind where numbers glow with color, calendars are landscapes, and prime numbers feel smooth.
3.85
24k+
🧩 Living With Autism🌈 Synesthesia👁️ Sensory Perception
Born on a Blue Day Summary
Born on a Blue Day 88%
A mind where numbers glow with color, calendars are landscapes, and prime numbers feel smooth.
by Daniel Tammet 2006
3.85
24k+ ratings
🧩 Living With Autism🌈 Synesthesia👁️ Sensory Perception
Ending Parkinson's Disease
by Ray Dorsey • 2020
Parkinson's is the fastest-growing brain disease, and the chemicals causing it are still legal.
4.31
328
🌍 Environmental Health🧠 Neurological Disorders📋 Public Health Policy
Ending Parkinson's Disease Summary
Ending Parkinson's Disease 88%
Parkinson's is the fastest-growing brain disease, and the chemicals causing it are still legal.
by Ray Dorsey 2020
4.31
328 ratings
🌍 Environmental Health🧠 Neurological Disorders📋 Public Health Policy
What I Mean When I Say I'm Autistic
by Annie Kotowicz • 2022
What small sounds, meltdowns, and pattern obsession reveal about the logic of an autistic mind.
4.34
2k+
🧩 Autism Memoir🧠 Neurodiversity Paradigm🔊 Sensory Processing
What I Mean When I Say I'm Autistic Summary
What I Mean When I Say I'm Autistic 88%
What small sounds, meltdowns, and pattern obsession reveal about the logic of an autistic mind.
by Annie Kotowicz 2022
4.34
2k+ ratings
🧩 Autism Memoir🧠 Neurodiversity Paradigm🔊 Sensory Processing
The Brain's Way of Healing
by Norman Doidge • 2015
Chronic pain, Parkinson's, brain trauma: the brain can heal itself. The methods don't require drugs.
4.20
6k+
🧠 Neuroplasticity🩹 Neurological Healing🧘 Mind-Body Connection
The Brain's Way of Healing Summary
The Brain's Way of Healing 88%
Chronic pain, Parkinson's, brain trauma: the brain can heal itself. The methods don't require drugs.
by Norman Doidge 2015
4.20
6k+ ratings
🧠 Neuroplasticity🩹 Neurological Healing🧘 Mind-Body Connection
I Overcame My Autism and All I Got Was This Lousy Anxiety Disorder
by Sarah Kurchak • 2020
She 'overcame' her autism to earn praise, then broke under the weight of the act.
4.16
1k+
🎭 Autistic Masking🔥 Autistic Burnout🎯 Special Interests
I Overcame My Autism and All I Got Was This Lousy Anxiety Disorder Summary
I Overcame My Autism and All I Got Was This Lousy Anxiety Disorder 88%
She 'overcame' her autism to earn praise, then broke under the weight of the act.
by Sarah Kurchak 2020
4.16
1k+ ratings
🎭 Autistic Masking🔥 Autistic Burnout🎯 Special Interests
Musicophilia
by Oliver Sacks • 2007
When language and memory fail, music still gets through. A neurologist explains why.
3.95
75k+
🧠 Music And The Brain🩻 Clinical Case Studies🧬 Neuroplasticity
Musicophilia Summary
Musicophilia 88%
When language and memory fail, music still gets through. A neurologist explains why.
by Oliver Sacks 2007
3.95
75k+ ratings
🧠 Music And The Brain🩻 Clinical Case Studies🧬 Neuroplasticity
Do No Harm
by Henry Marsh • 2014
A brain surgeon confesses the gamble of every cut, the patients lost, the toll never paid.
4.25
43k+
🧠 Neurosurgery✍️ Surgical Memoir⚠️ Medical Mistakes
Do No Harm Summary
Do No Harm 88%
A brain surgeon confesses the gamble of every cut, the patients lost, the toll never paid.
by Henry Marsh 2014
4.25
43k+ ratings
🧠 Neurosurgery✍️ Surgical Memoir⚠️ Medical Mistakes
What I Wish People Knew About Dementia
by Wendy Mitchell • 2022
The mind fades, the senses scramble, but the emotions stay. A guide from inside dementia.
4.22
1k+
🧠 Living With Dementia🗣️ Patient Perspectives💬 Caregiver Communication
What I Wish People Knew About Dementia Summary
What I Wish People Knew About Dementia 88%
The mind fades, the senses scramble, but the emotions stay. A guide from inside dementia.
by Wendy Mitchell 2022
4.22
1k+ ratings
🧠 Living With Dementia🗣️ Patient Perspectives💬 Caregiver Communication
Old Age
by Michael Kinsley • 2016
Parkinson's is old age on fast-forward. One boomer journalist on what awaits his generation.
3.20
2k+
🧠 Parkinson'S Disease⏳ Aging And Mortality👶 Boomer Generation
Old Age Summary
Old Age 88%
Parkinson's is old age on fast-forward. One boomer journalist on what awaits his generation.
by Michael Kinsley 2016
3.20
2k+ ratings
🧠 Parkinson'S Disease⏳ Aging And Mortality👶 Boomer Generation
The Little Locksmith
by Katharine Butler Hathaway • 1943
A bedridden girl, a visibly different woman: she bought a Maine house and rebuilt herself.
3.67
1k+
🩻 Disability Memoir✍️ Writing Life🦴 Embodied Difference
The Little Locksmith Summary
The Little Locksmith 88%
A bedridden girl, a visibly different woman: she bought a Maine house and rebuilt herself.
by Katharine Butler Hathaway 1943
3.67
1k+ ratings
🩻 Disability Memoir✍️ Writing Life🦴 Embodied Difference
After All
by Mary Tyler Moore • 1995
America loved Mary Richards. Only her family knew she was drinking herself to death.
3.81
1k+
📺 Classic Television🎬 Hollywood Memoir🍸 Alcoholism Recovery
After All Summary
After All 88%
America loved Mary Richards. Only her family knew she was drinking herself to death.
by Mary Tyler Moore 1995
3.81
1k+ ratings
📺 Classic Television🎬 Hollywood Memoir🍸 Alcoholism Recovery
First Comes Love
by Marion Winik • 1996
She fell for a gay man during Mardi Gras. Marriage, meth, motherhood, abuse, and AIDS came next.
4.14
441
✍️ Literary Memoir💊 Aids Crisis💔 Unconventional Marriage
First Comes Love Summary
First Comes Love 88%
She fell for a gay man during Mardi Gras. Marriage, meth, motherhood, abuse, and AIDS came next.
by Marion Winik 1996
4.14
441 ratings
✍️ Literary Memoir💊 Aids Crisis💔 Unconventional Marriage
A Guide to Living with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (Hypermobility Type)
by Isobel Knight • 2011
Bendy joints are just the start: the full-body guide to EDS hypermobility type.
4.04
251
🏥 Chronic Illness Guides🧬 Connective Tissue Disorders👁️ Invisible Disabilities
A Guide to Living with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (Hypermobility Type) Summary
A Guide to Living with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (Hypermobility Type) 87%
Bendy joints are just the start: the full-body guide to EDS hypermobility type.
by Isobel Knight 2011
4.04
251 ratings
🏥 Chronic Illness Guides🧬 Connective Tissue Disorders👁️ Invisible Disabilities
The Reason I Jump
by Naoki Higashida • 2005
A nonverbal 13-year-old with autism answers the questions others are afraid to ask.
3.88
63k+
🧩 Autism Spectrum🌈 Neurodiversity🔊 Sensory Processing
The Reason I Jump Summary
The Reason I Jump 87%
A nonverbal 13-year-old with autism answers the questions others are afraid to ask.
by Naoki Higashida 2005
3.88
63k+ ratings
🧩 Autism Spectrum🌈 Neurodiversity🔊 Sensory Processing
Out with It
by Katherine Preston • 2013
She chased a cure for her stutter for decades; the real breakthrough came when she stopped chasing.
4.01
553
🗣️ Stuttering Memoirs💬 Speech Therapy❤️ Disability Acceptance
Out with It Summary
Out with It 87%
She chased a cure for her stutter for decades; the real breakthrough came when she stopped chasing.
by Katherine Preston 2013
4.01
553 ratings
🗣️ Stuttering Memoirs💬 Speech Therapy❤️ Disability Acceptance
Adam
by Henri J.M. Nouwen • 1997
Your value isn't in your productivity; the fragile carry the deepest wisdom.
4.33
1k+
📖 Spiritual Memoir♿ Disability Spirituality💪 Strength In Weakness
Adam Summary
Adam 87%
Your value isn't in your productivity; the fragile carry the deepest wisdom.
by Henri J.M. Nouwen 1997
4.33
1k+ ratings
📖 Spiritual Memoir♿ Disability Spirituality💪 Strength In Weakness
How to Tell When We Will Die
by Johanna Hedva • 2024
The body fails. That's the truth ableism hides. A manifesto for those already living it.
3.76
1k+
♿ Disability Justice🩻 Chronic Illness💸 Anti-Capitalism
How to Tell When We Will Die Summary
How to Tell When We Will Die 87%
The body fails. That's the truth ableism hides. A manifesto for those already living it.
by Johanna Hedva 2024
3.76
1k+ ratings
♿ Disability Justice🩻 Chronic Illness💸 Anti-Capitalism
Sound
by Bella Bathurst • 2017
For twelve years, her world got quieter. Then a French surgeon offered to reverse the damage.
3.91
288
🦻 Hearing Loss🏥 Medical Memoir👁️ Invisible Disability
Sound Summary
Sound 87%
For twelve years, her world got quieter. Then a French surgeon offered to reverse the damage.
by Bella Bathurst 2017
3.91
288 ratings
🦻 Hearing Loss🏥 Medical Memoir👁️ Invisible Disability
The Cancer Journals
by Audre Lorde • 1980
A Black lesbian poet, after mastectomy, rejects the prosthesis and discovers what silence costs.
4.43
6k+
🩺 Cancer Memoir✊🏾 Intersectional Feminism🖤 Black Feminism
The Cancer Journals Summary
The Cancer Journals 87%
A Black lesbian poet, after mastectomy, rejects the prosthesis and discovers what silence costs.
by Audre Lorde 1980
4.43
6k+ ratings
🩺 Cancer Memoir✊🏾 Intersectional Feminism🖤 Black Feminism
Cannabis Is Medicine
by Bonni Goldstein MD • 2020
Cannabis activates your body's master regulator. A physician shows what it treats and how.
4.44
135
🏥 Medical Cannabis🌿 Plant Medicine💊 Chronic Pain Management
Cannabis Is Medicine Summary
Cannabis Is Medicine 87%
Cannabis activates your body's master regulator. A physician shows what it treats and how.
by Bonni Goldstein MD 2020
4.44
135 ratings
🏥 Medical Cannabis🌿 Plant Medicine💊 Chronic Pain Management
When Breath Becomes Air
by Paul Kalanithi • 2016
Stage IV cancer at 36: a neurosurgeon's memoir of losing the future and finding what matters.
4.41
820k+
🩻 Terminal Illness🩺 Medical Memoir🎗️ Cancer Memoir
When Breath Becomes Air Summary
When Breath Becomes Air 87%
Stage IV cancer at 36: a neurosurgeon's memoir of losing the future and finding what matters.
by Paul Kalanithi 2016
4.41
820k+ ratings
🩻 Terminal Illness🩺 Medical Memoir🎗️ Cancer Memoir
The Beauty of Dusk
by Frank Bruni • 2022
A stroke took half his eyesight. Blind climbers showed him what fills the space loss creates.
4.06
4k+
🏥 Memoir Of Illness🦯 Living With Disability🛡️ Resilience
The Beauty of Dusk Summary
The Beauty of Dusk 87%
A stroke took half his eyesight. Blind climbers showed him what fills the space loss creates.
by Frank Bruni 2022
4.06
4k+ ratings
🏥 Memoir Of Illness🦯 Living With Disability🛡️ Resilience
The Mind Electric
by Pria Anand • 2025
When the brain breaks, it fills the gaps with stories. A neurologist shows medicine does the same.
3.81
768
🧠 Neurological Disorders📖 Narrative Medicine🏛️ History Of Medicine
The Mind Electric Summary
The Mind Electric 87%
When the brain breaks, it fills the gaps with stories. A neurologist shows medicine does the same.
by Pria Anand 2025
3.81
768 ratings
🧠 Neurological Disorders📖 Narrative Medicine🏛️ History Of Medicine
The Center Cannot Hold
by Elyn R. Saks • 2007
Restraints, psychosis, forced medication. Then a Yale law degree and tenure, against all odds.
4.33
23k+
📖 Psychosis Memoirs🧠 Chronic Mental Illness🛋️ Psychoanalytic Tradition
The Center Cannot Hold Summary
The Center Cannot Hold 87%
Restraints, psychosis, forced medication. Then a Yale law degree and tenure, against all odds.
by Elyn R. Saks 2007
4.33
23k+ ratings
📖 Psychosis Memoirs🧠 Chronic Mental Illness🛋️ Psychoanalytic Tradition
Bleed
by Tracey Lindeman • 2023
190 million bodies. A decade to be believed. The diagnosis: endometriosis. The disease: misogyny.
4.32
518
🩺 Chronic Illness🩸 Reproductive Health⚖️ Medical Misogyny
Bleed Summary
Bleed 87%
190 million bodies. A decade to be believed. The diagnosis: endometriosis. The disease: misogyny.
by Tracey Lindeman 2023
4.32
518 ratings
🩺 Chronic Illness🩸 Reproductive Health⚖️ Medical Misogyny
Before My Heart Stops
by Paul Cardall • 2010
He waited 384 days for a heart. Before it came, his brother died.
3.98
392
🏥 Medical Memoir⛪ Mormon Memoir🫀 Organ Transplant
Before My Heart Stops Summary
Before My Heart Stops 87%
He waited 384 days for a heart. Before it came, his brother died.
by Paul Cardall 2010
3.98
392 ratings
🏥 Medical Memoir⛪ Mormon Memoir🫀 Organ Transplant
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