{"product_id":"2940170356287","title":"Sick: A Memoir","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the tradition of \u003ci\u003eBrain on Fire\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDarkness Visible\u003c\/i\u003e, an honest, beautifully rendered memoir of chronic illness, misdiagnosis, addiction, and the myth of full recovery that details author Porochista Khakpour's struggles with late-stage Lyme disease.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor as long as writer Porochista Khakpour can remember, she has been sick. For most of that time, she didn't know why. All of her trips to the ER and her daily anguish, pain, and lethargy only ever resulted in one question: How could any one person be this sick? Several drug addictions, three major hospitalizations, and over $100,000 later, she finally had a diagnosis: late-stage Lyme disease.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSick\u003c\/i\u003e is Khakpour's arduous, emotional journeyamp;mdash;as a woman, a writer, and a lifelong sufferer of undiagnosed health problemsamp;mdash;through the chronic illness that perpetually left her a victim of anxiety, living a life stymied by an unknown condition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDivided by settings, Khakpour guides the reader through her illness by way of the locations that changed her courseamp;mdash;New York, LA, New Mexico, and Germanyamp;mdash;as she meditates on both the physical and psychological impacts of uncertainty, and the eventual challenge of accepting the diagnosis she had searched for over the course of her adult life. With candor and grace, she examines her subsequent struggles with mental illness, her addiction to the benzodiazepines prescribed by her psychiatrists, and her ever-deteriorating physical health.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA story about survival, pain, and transformation, \u003ci\u003eSick\u003c\/i\u003e is a candid, illuminating narrative of hope and uncertainty, boldly examining the deep impact of illness on one woman's life.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47115383832816,"sku":"2940170356287","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940170356287_p0.jpg?v=1763708586","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940170356287","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}