Encounters with the Invisible by Dorothy Wall
Blending personal drama with literary reflection, reportage, and medical history, the author illuminates the conflicts and controversies surrounding Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and graphically depicts the way a virus re-sculpts a life.
An important investigation of a little-understood illness with much to teach doctors and patients alikeGeneral readers will find her personal story compelling as well as beautifully told. - Lynne Sharon Schwartz, author of The Fatigue Artist Carefully researched and documented, Encounters with the Invisible takes the reader on a sweeping journey of a life, although the story rarely leaves Ms. Wall's bedroom. - K. Kimberly McCleary, President, Chronic Fatigue and Immune Dysfunction Syndrome Association of America A heartfelt book about life-changing illness. - Floyd Skloot, author of in the Shadow of Memory
DOROTHY WALL is coauthor of Finding Your Writer's Voice: A Guide to Creative Fiction. Her essays and poems have appeared in such venues as Witness, Sonora Review, Prairie Schooner, and Under the Sun. She is a writing consultant in Berkeley, California.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780870745041 |
| ISBN 10 | 0870745042 |
| Title | Encounters with the Invisible |
| Author | Dorothy Wall |
| Series | Medical Humanities Ser |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Southern Methodist University Press,U.S. |
| Year published | 2005-11-17 |
| Number of pages | 240 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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