Chronic

by Holly Ruskin, Monika Radojevic (Editor)

Chronic(les) is a unique collection of poetry written by women living with chronic pain and illness. Writing from within the gender pain gap, their words bring to light the struggle with misdiagnosis, incorrect treatments, dismissal by mainstream medicine and the myriad other ways that women's pain has been left in the dark. Guest Edited by Monika Radojevic and featuring a Foreword by Lucia Osborne-Crowley, journalist and author of I Choose Elena and My Body Keeps Your Secrets, this book is for all women in pain and all those who seek to learn more about their experience.

Genres: Poetry

120 pages, Paperback

Published September 6, 2022

Reviews

[Julia · Rating 5 out of 5]

Sitting here like 👁️👄👁️ about how relatable these poems are. 10/10 would recommend to all women with chronic illnesses.

[Alyssa Shapland · Rating 5 out of 5]

Amazing collection of poetry written by women living with chronic pain and illness. So many of these poems were horribly relatable. It was like looking in a mirror of my life. I felt such a strong connection to these strangers and their stories. Just brilliant.

[Hannah Barham-Brown · Rating 5 out of 5]

So relatable and so refreshing to hear from poets whose stories are all too often lost or never heard.

[Stephen Mc · Rating 2 out of 5]

I picked this up as a book by Monika radojevic who saw at the literature festival it has some grim poems in it .All about living with pain and illness so not light reading.