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The Two Kinds of Decay
The Two Kinds of Decay <> Paperback <> SarahManguso <> PicadorUSA
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Published May 31, 2009
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January 17, 2025
This story reminds me why I, as a nurse, no longer work in a hospital. Yes, we save people's lives, but we also torture people, and it's sometimes tough to tell what's worse: the disease or the treatment. I've witnessed horrors. (Though Manguso says Western medicine saved her ass.)
I was mesmerized by her story. I couldn't put it down.
At one moment she is very specific, describing her experience in clear-eyed, graphic detail. In the next, she breaks into stream-of-consciousness as she tries to make sense of things. But there is no making sense of things.
Her advice after tragedy: move toward the light.
I was mesmerized by her story. I couldn't put it down.
At one moment she is very specific, describing her experience in clear-eyed, graphic detail. In the next, she breaks into stream-of-consciousness as she tries to make sense of things. But there is no making sense of things.
Her advice after tragedy: move toward the light.
March 17, 2025
clear and intelligent trip through sudden and debilitating illness. will read anything she writes.
June 26, 2025
surprisingly witty story about how you know you've healed, and how the shadow of death lingers.
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