A review by awildernessofbooks
Sick: A Memoir by Porochista Khakpour

3.0

This memoir not only explores racial and cultural disparities within health and medicine, but delves into the author’s battle with addiction and diagnosis of Lyme’s disease. So much of having an undiagnosed illness, autoimmune disease, chronic symptoms, and feeling lost in knowing what prescriptions your body needs and doesn’t resonated with me. The struggle of not knowing your own body is an important one to voice and to create compassion and community around. While I gained insight into the fine lines of prescription and addiction, this account is told in a very journalistic way, which makes sense for the author, but left me wanting more movement in the story. While the style of writing was direct, I still recommend this for the value and insight it offers.