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Erika Conrad-Wess
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NERVE Is Officially Available
After years of writing, revising, remembering, and reliving some difficult experiences, I'm proud to share NERVE: A Memoir of Chronic Pain, Medical Trauma, and Surviving the Healthcare System.
Part memoir and part examination of what patients face when medicine falls short, NERVE tells the story of life with chronic pain and the long search for answers.
If you've been waiting for release day, thank
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Thank you so much for your kind words. It means more to me than I can say to know that my story resonated with you. I'm so sorry you've had a journey
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Relentless pain, relentless hope. I'm 75 and after reading that I know I will absolutely let my own journey go and accept what is. I'm grateful for that. Thank you. Wonderful writing." |
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Thank you so much for taking the time to write such a thoughtful review. Knowing that you saw so much of your own journey in these pages means more to
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"I was granted an Advantage Reader Copy of this book, but I would've read it either way.
Trying to sum up all my thoughts and emotions in a review hasn't been easy so please excuse the rambling thoughts. I was officially diagnosed with Trigeminal Neur" Read more of this review » |
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"NERVE
“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.” – Maya Angelou “Words can be like X-rays if you use them properly – they’ll go through anything. You read and you’re pierced.” –Aldous Huxley, Brave New World These two quotations" Read more of this review » |
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Thank you so much for this thoughtful review. Your description of the book as "a mirror" is one of the most meaningful compliments I could receive. My
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Thank you so much for this beautiful review. ❤️
Your words touched me deeply, especially "me too, girl!" That was one of my greatest hopes in writing N ...more " |
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“Pain takes. That's the clearest truth I know. It takes your energy, your plans, your sense of ease. It takes your patience, your place in the world. If it lingers long enough, it starts to take parts of you.
Yes, pain takes. But it also gives. When it strips you down far enough—when everything unnecessary falls away—it leaves something essential behind. Clarity.”
― NERVE: A Memoir of Chronic Pain, Medical Trauma, and Surviving the Healthcare System
Yes, pain takes. But it also gives. When it strips you down far enough—when everything unnecessary falls away—it leaves something essential behind. Clarity.”
― NERVE: A Memoir of Chronic Pain, Medical Trauma, and Surviving the Healthcare System
“Pain takes. That's the clearest truth I know. It takes your energy, your plans, your sense of ease. It takes your patience, your place in the world. If it lingers long enough, it starts to take parts of you.
Yes, pain takes. But it also gives. When it strips you down far enough—when everything unnecessary falls away—it leaves something essential behind. Clarity.”
― NERVE: A Memoir of Chronic Pain, Medical Trauma, and Surviving the Healthcare System
Yes, pain takes. But it also gives. When it strips you down far enough—when everything unnecessary falls away—it leaves something essential behind. Clarity.”
― NERVE: A Memoir of Chronic Pain, Medical Trauma, and Surviving the Healthcare System