The subjects of this stylish and audacious collection of essays range from an assault in Nicaragua to a Morgellons meeting; from Frida Kahlo's plaster casts to a gangland tour of LA. Jamison is interested in how we tell stories about injury and pain, and the limits that circumstances, bodies and identity put on the act of describing.

A powerful yet refreshing essay collection centred around themes of confession, illness, violence and sentimentality from an exciting new American talent

About the Author
Leslie Jamison grew up in Los Angeles. Educated at Harvard College and the Iowa Writers' Workshop, she has also worked as an innkeeper in California, a schoolteacher in Nicaragua, and an office temp in Manhattan. She is the NewYork Times bestselling author of The Recovering and The Empathy Exams, as well as a novel, The Gin Closet. Her work has appeared in Harper's, The Atlantic,Oxford American, Virginia Quarterly Review, and the New York Times Magazine, where she is a contributing writer. She directs the graduate nonfiction program at Columbia University.

Awards
Short-listed for William Hazzlit Notting Hill Editions Essay Prize 2013 (UK).



Book Information
ISBN 9781847088420
Author Leslie Jamison
Format Paperback
Page Count 240
Imprint Granta Books
Publisher Granta Books
Weight(grams) 173g
Dimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 14mm