When you are chronically ill, or in chronic pain, it can feel extraordinarily lonesome. It can feel like no one understands and you spend a lot of time in your own head.
This book, though, Sick by Porochista Khakpour makes me feel understood. It’s the sort of book that has me nodding my head and whispering “yes, exactly”.
Even if you have a family and friend group that is understanding and supportive, it is not the same as someone who GETS it. Porochista Khakpour gets it. She lives it. She doesn’t overcome it, she lives with it and works with it.
If you struggle from any sort of chronic pain or illness, you will more than likely feel understood. You will hear yourself in her voice. I can not recommend the book highly enough.
Originally intended to simply focus on book reviews, over time, KaliDesautelsReads has morphed into its own entity.
I write about issues that are near to my heart, be they political, feminist, motherhood, mental health, or, as the title holds, books.
A thirty-something Canadian woman in my mid-thirties, I have been "super married" to my high school sweetheart since 2006, and together we have two crazy, clever, kind, hilarious, wonderful kids.
My first book - How Not To Blog: Finding Myself, One Post at a Time is available on Amazon (in eBook formats for you clever tech readers, and paperback for those of us who love that new book smell!)
I have tried a podcast - it's still on Apple and Google Podcasts - but writing is where my heart is.
My life changed dramatically when my husband was diagnosed with Stage 3 cancer in 2018, and I am now a writer for a leading Canadian Cancer Non-Profit.
I am lucky enough to have a family that loves me and pushes me to be my best, even if it is outside of my cushiony comfort zone. I have a village of friends that nourish me, mentally, and spiritually.
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