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A review by bellalanzante
What Doesn't Kill You: A Life with Chronic Illness - Lessons from a Body in Revolt by Tessa Miller
5.0
“My life has meaning and is worth living even if it looks different than I’d hoped.”
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A riveting memoir that is a riveting attention to detail and a fierce honesty. It is part memoir and part nonfiction, and both parts are incredibly executed. I loved that we were given a bit of memoir and then a chapter explaining more about the subject at hand. It was similar in style to Just Mercy. Tessa Miller shares her experience with her diagnosis of and life with Crohn’s disease. I am so grateful I had the opportunity to read this book and learn from Miller’s advocacy.
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I will always rave about the beautiful power of nonfiction and memoirs and this book is a perfect example of that. I learned so much from this book and it is a must read for everyone.
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CW: chronic illness, medical trauma, domestic abuse, eating disorder
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A riveting memoir that is a riveting attention to detail and a fierce honesty. It is part memoir and part nonfiction, and both parts are incredibly executed. I loved that we were given a bit of memoir and then a chapter explaining more about the subject at hand. It was similar in style to Just Mercy. Tessa Miller shares her experience with her diagnosis of and life with Crohn’s disease. I am so grateful I had the opportunity to read this book and learn from Miller’s advocacy.
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I will always rave about the beautiful power of nonfiction and memoirs and this book is a perfect example of that. I learned so much from this book and it is a must read for everyone.
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CW: chronic illness, medical trauma, domestic abuse, eating disorder