Sick Girl
by Amy Silverstein
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Author: Amy SilversteinEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2008-10-01
ISBN: 0802143873
Number of pages: 304
Publisher: Grove Press
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Book Review: "Sick," in the best sense of the word
Summary: 5 Stars
There are few writers who are lucky enough to have the writing kill and perceptiveness - -as well as the misfortune to have abysmally bad health -- to write a terrific book like "Sick Girl." The book is author Amy Silverstein's true story about her own unexpected heart disease, which put her on death's door and resulted in a heart transplant at age 24. The story is not a feel-good story about miracle medical care that saved a life. It's that, of course, but also the tale about the frustrations and fears of a young woman coming to terms with a body that betrayed her and a class of medical experts that is often wrong, confused and (mostly) human. Her description of the weirdest aspect of living with a new heart -- its disconnection from her central nervous system, severing the brain-heart connection that helps control its beating -- is harrowing and easily the most affecting part of the book.
"Sick Girl" is a terrific, brutally honest and compelling book that takes the reader far beyond the somewhat dubious "victory" of organ transplantation, providing a window into the day to day sometimes unbearable challenges that face people who have gained a few extra years, courtesy of modern medicine. It's also a story of extraordinary love and devotion and of trying to wrest joy from a life lived on the precipice between life and death. And the cover -- showing a beautiful Silverstein pulling down her top to expose her transplant scar -- is the most provocative, arresting and descriptive image seen on the cover of a book in a long time.
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