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Excerpt from The Invisible Kingdom: Reimagining Chronic Illness

By MEGHAN O’ROURKE

This piece is excerpted from The Invisible Kingdom: Reimagining Chronic Illness by Meghan O’Rourke, a guest at Amherst College’s 2023 LitFest. Register for this exciting celebration of Amherst’s literary life.

  Meghan O'Rourke's headshot: white woman in a black shirt and blazer against a background of trees.The Invisible Kingdom: Reimagining Chronic Illness by Meghan O'Rourke (light blue background with the outline of a human skeleton in gold)

The stories we tell about illness usually have startling beginnings—the fall at the supermarket, the lump discovered in the abdomen during a routine exam, the doctor’s call. Not mine. I got sick the way Hemingway says you go broke: “gradually and then suddenly.”

Excerpt from The Invisible Kingdom: Reimagining Chronic Illness
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