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Mar 1, 2024 · The first half of the book, set in gore-drenched hospital wards, mildewed dorm rooms, and boozy officers’ clubs, is an exciting read, tracking the transformation of virginal, uptight Frankie into a crack surgical nurse and woman of the world.
Mar 1, 2024 · In Sickness and In Health by Nora Gold is the fictionalized memoir of a woman whose childhood was marked by epilepsy. Traumatized by the embarrassment of her seizures, shunned socially by those afraid of her fits and hampered by dulling medication, Lily struggles to live a “normal” life.
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Jan 30, 2018 · The author interweaves commentary about his own disability and other health issues with multiple stories of other couples. Some have SMA or other muscular wasting diseases, while others have become disabled through car accidents and war.
Now, Montreal's Guernica Editions has published her latest work of fiction, a flip book containing two novellas -- In Sickness and In Health and Yom Kippur in a Gym. Stylistically, both rely predominantly on first person, interior monologues to drive the narrative.
Moving and informative stories of ‘uncommonly intimate and enduring’ interabled partnerships.”. — Kirkus Reviews. “ In Sickness and In Health is one of the most refined and accurate pieces of literature that explores the intricacies of being in an interabled relationship.
The cockney humor of comic Alf Garnett.
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