The Lady's Handbook For Her Mysterious Illness by Sarah Ramey - ISBN: 9780708898857
Hardcover
Ignored illness, dismissed pain: A woman’s fight for medical truth.

The Lady's Handbook For Her Mysterious Illness

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  • Hardcover

    432 pages

  • Release Date

    30 April 2020

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Summary

“A visceral, scathing, erudite read that digs deep into how modern medicine continues to fail women and what can be done about it” - Booklist

The darkly funny memoir of Sarah Ramey’s years-long battle with a mysterious illness that doctors thought was all in her head - but wasn’t. A revelation and an inspiration for millions of women whose legitimate health complaints are ignored.

In her harrowing, defiant and unforgettable memoir, Sarah Ramey recounts the decade-long…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780708898857
ISBN-10:0708898858
Author:Sarah Ramey
Publisher:Little, Brown Book Group
Imprint:Fleet
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:432
Release Date:30 April 2020
Weight:649g
Dimensions:238mm x 160mm x 40mm
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Critics Review

A memoir that explores the idea that women with chronic illnesses need to rally for appropriate medical care. Making her book debut, Ramey, a writer and musician, recounts, with captivating zest, a sorry tale of suffering from a cluster of symptoms that defied diagnosis … Impassioned testimony of a fight for health - Kirkus Reviews

Ramey offers an account of a mysterious illness that plagued her for more than a decade … Though this medical saga is disturbing in the many miscalculations her doctors made, Ramey’s hilarious and upbeat sense of humor lightens even the direst of circumstances (a surgeon who performed the wrong surgery on her is dubbed Dr. Oops, and others merit such glib monikers as Dr. Vulva, Dr. Paxil and Dr. Bowels) … Ramey’s uncanny grit and fortitude will deeply inspire the multitudes facing similar issues - Publishers Weekly (Starred Review)

A visceral, scathing, erudite read that digs deep into how modern medicine continues to fail women and what can be done about it - Booklist (starred review)

About The Author

Sarah Ramey

Sarah Ramey is a writer and musician (known as Wolf Larsen) living in Washington, DC. She graduated from Bowdoin College in 2003, received an MFA in creative nonfiction writing from Columbia in 2007 and worked on President Obama’s 2008 campaign.

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