The Two Kinds of Decay: a Memoir - Sarah Manguso - Books - Picador - 9780312428440 - May 26, 2009
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At twenty-one, just as she was starting to comprehend the puzzles of adulthood, Sarah Manguso was faced with another: a wildly unpredictable autoimmune disease that appeared suddenly and tore through her twenties, paralyzing her for weeks at a time, programming her first to expect nothing from life and then, furiously, to expect everything. In this captivating story, Manguso recalls her struggle: arduous blood cleansings, collapsed veins, multiple chest catheters, depression, the deaths of friends and strangers, addiction, and, worst of all for a writer, the trite metaphors that accompany prolonged illness. A book of tremendous grace, The Two Kinds of Decay transcends the very notion of what an illness story can and should be.

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released May 26, 2009
ISBN13 9780312428440
Publishers Picador
Pages 192
Dimensions 140 × 210 × 15 mm   ·   226 g
Language English  

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