A review by han_reardonsmith
Recovery: The Lost Art of Convalescence by Gavin Francis

4.0

Short, sweet, gentle, compassionate, and soothing. Partly a reflection on the importance of convalescence—of having patience and time for adequate rest and recovery, and for striking the right balance between extremes—and partly on the role of the modern GP (and patient). Certainly not as scathing and incisive about the contemporary condition of (settler-)colonial society’s health impacts, and the deep flaws in its practices of medicine as Inflamed (by Marya & Patel), but somewhat more gentle and optimistic about ways to offer and receive care (whether from medical practitioners, from carers, or from ourselves). Certainly it felt reassuring to me in a moment in which I’m experiencing a POTS flare and needing to pace more stringently than “usual.” Audiobook, read by the author in a gentle and lilting Scottish accent, highly recommended.