Book description
A Silent Spring for the human body, this wide-ranging, genre-crossing literary mystery interweaves the authorās quest to understand the source of her own condition with her telling of the story of the chronically ill 19th-century diarist Alice Jamesāultimately uncovering the many hidden health hazards of life in America.
When Jenniferā¦
Why read it?
1 author picked American Breakdown as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I donāt usually read non-fiction: I prefer characters, plots, and being drawn into another universe. But glowing reviews and the fact that a literary figure, Alice James, was involved: I decided to make an exception.
In short, dear reader, I was blown away. Lunden is not only a fine writer, she has a gripping story to tell, not only of her own struggles with a profit-driven medical system, but also how being a woman makes everything even harder.
Lunden puts the ābreakdownā of a caring profession (like medicine) into sharp focus. But thankfully (since I really prefer happy endings), sheā¦
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