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Laurie Edwards

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http://www.achronicdose.com

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Nonfiction, Health, Mind & Body, Biographies & Memoirs

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Laurie Edwards is the author of Life Disrupted: Getting Real About Chronic Illness in Your Twenties and Thirties (Walker, 2008). She is a health journalist whose personal essays and articles have appeared in the Boston Globe Magazine, Glamour, and many other outlets, including her award-winning literary health blog, www.achronicdose.com. She received her undergraduate degree from Georgetown University and her MFA from Emerson College, and she teaches writing at Northeastern University in Boston, MA. ...more

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	In the Kingdom of the Sick: A Social History of Chronic Illness in America 3.49 avg rating — 435 ratings — published 2013 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Life Disrupted: Getting Real About Chronic Illness in Your Twenties and Thirties 3.77 avg rating — 295 ratings — published 2008 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Love & Profanity: A Collection of True, Tortured, Wild, Hilarious, Concise, and Intense Tales of Teenage Life by Nick Healy (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Rachael Hanel (Goodreads Author), Geoff Herbach 3.08 avg rating — 106 ratings — published 2015 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pirates Through the Ages Reference Library: Primary Sources by Laurie Edwards (Goodreads Author), Sonia G. Benson, Jennifer Stock 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2011	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Looking for Zion 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	My Little Chickens by Laurie Edwards (Goodreads Author), Chyntia Wati (Illustrator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mr. Naughty Goat by Laurie Edwards (Goodreads Author), Caroline Webb (Illustrator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	BY Edwards, Laurie ( Author ) [{ In the Kingdom of the Sick: A Social History of Chronic Illness in America Available Used By Edwards, Laurie ( Author ) Apr - 09- 2013 ( Hardcover ) } ] 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	[ IN THE KINGDOM OF THE SICK: A SOCIAL HISTORY OF CHRONIC ILLNESS IN AMERICA AVAILABLE USED ] BY Edwards, Laurie ( Author ) Apr - 2013 [ Hardcover ] by Laurie Edwards (Goodreads Author), Unknown Author 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	[In the Kingdom of the Sick: A Social History of Chronic Illness in America] [Author: Edwards, Laurie] [September, 2014] by Laurie Edwards (Goodreads Author), Unknown Author 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“It’s hard to see your peers doing things with their lives that you want to be doing with yours, and to know that you’re just not physically capable of doing those things right now—or might never be.”
― Laurie Edwards, In the Kingdom of the Sick: A Social History of Chronic Illness in America

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“Since our society is one that places a high premium on hard work, status, and achievement, this is not unexpected. If you break down and report your pain symptoms but they do not improve and your quality of life deteriorates, you are a failure as a patient and as a productive member of society.”
― Laurie Edwards, In the Kingdom of the Sick: A Social History of Chronic Illness in America

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“The fact that you’re just not going to get better seems unbelievable to most people, I guess,” says Melissa McLaughlin. One frustration for her is people who can’t understand that patients cannot control or fix everything. “It’s easier for them to believe that there is something you can control … There must be something you can do that you aren’t doing!”
― Laurie Edwards, In the Kingdom of the Sick: A Social History of Chronic Illness in America

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