https://gateway.bibliocommons.com/v2/libraries/chipublib/rss/search?query=o%27rourke%20meghan&searchType=author&origin=did-you-mean&view=groupedRSS for NodeWed, 07 Oct 2026 21:51:55 GMThttps://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S126C2400550https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S126C2400550Mon, 31 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2400550126BKReimagining Chronic Illnessenghttps://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781594633799/MC.GIF&client=chicagoplb&type=xw12&oclc=https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S126C1409580https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S126C1409580Mon, 31 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMThttps://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1409580126BKenghttps://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781594487989/MC.GIF&client=chicagoplb&type=xw12&oclc=https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S126C2537627https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S126C2537627Tue, 31 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2537627126PAPERBACKReimagining Chronic Illnessenghttps://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780399573309/MC.GIF&client=chicagoplb&type=xw12&oclc=A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
FINALIST FOR THE 2022 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR NONFICTION
Named one of the BEST BOOKS OF 2022 by NPR, The New Yorker, Time, and Vogue

“Remarkable.” –Andrew Solomon, The New York Times Book Review
"At once a rigorous work of scholarship and a radical act of empathy.”—Esquire
"A ray of light into those isolated cocoons of darkness that, at one time or another, may afflict us all.” —The Wall Street Journal

"Essential."—The Boston Globe

A landmark exploration of one of the most consequential and mysterious issues of our time: the rise of chronic illness and autoimmune diseases
A silent epidemic of chronic illnesses afflicts tens of millions of Americans: these are diseases that are poorly understood, frequently marginalized, and can go undiagnosed and unrecognized altogether. Renowned writer Meghan O’Rourke delivers a revelatory investigation into this elusive category of “invisible” illness that encompasses autoimmune diseases, post-treatment Lyme disease syndrome, and now long COVID, synthesizing the personal and the universal to help all of us through this new frontier.
 
Drawing on her own medical experiences as well as a decade of interviews with doctors, patients, researchers, and public health experts, O’Rourke traces the history of Western definitions of illness, and reveals how inherited ideas of cause, diagnosis, and treatment have led us to ignore a host of hard-to-understand medical conditions, ones that resist easy description or simple cures. And as America faces this health crisis of extraordinary proportions, the populations most likely to be neglected by our institutions include women, the working class, and people of color.
 
Blending lyricism and erudition, candor and empathy, O’Rourke brings together her deep and disparate talents and roles as critic, journalist, poet, teacher, and patient, synthesizing the personal and universal into one monumental project arguing for a seismic shift in our approach to disease. The Invisible Kingdom offers hope for the sick, solace and insight for their loved ones, and a radical new understanding of our bodies and our health.]]>https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S980C6362385https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S980C6362385Mon, 31 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/6362385980EBOOKReimagining Chronic Illnessenghttps://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780698190764/MC.GIF&client=chicagoplb&type=xw12&oclc=https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S126C2717491https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S126C2717491Invalid Datehttps://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2717491126BKundhttps://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781324105695/MC.GIF&client=chicagoplb&type=xw12&oclc=A landmark exploration of one of the most consequential and mysterious issues of our time: the rise of chronic illness and autoimmune diseases
A silent epidemic of chronic illnesses afflicts tens of millions of Americans: these are diseases that are poorly understood, frequently marginalized, and can go undiagnosed and unrecognized altogether. Renowned writer Meghan O’Rourke delivers a revelatory investigation into this elusive category of “invisible” illness that encompasses autoimmune diseases, post-treatment Lyme disease syndrome, and now long COVID, synthesizing the personal and the universal to help all of us through this new frontier.
 
Drawing on her own medical experiences as well as a decade of interviews with doctors, patients, researchers, and public health experts, O’Rourke traces the history of Western definitions of illness, and reveals how inherited ideas of cause, diagnosis, and treatment have led us to ignore a host of hard-to-understand medical conditions, ones that resist easy description or simple cures. And as America faces this health crisis of extraordinary proportions, the populations most likely to be neglected by our institutions include women, the working class, and people of color.
 
Blending lyricism and erudition, candor and empathy, O’Rourke brings together her deep and disparate talents and roles as critic, journalist, poet, teacher, and patient, synthesizing the personal and universal into one monumental project arguing for a seismic shift in our approach to disease. The Invisible Kingdom offers hope for the sick, solace and insight for their loved ones, and a radical new understanding of our bodies and our health.]]>https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S980C6360005https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S980C6360005Mon, 31 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/6360005980EAUDIOBOOKReimagining Chronic Illnessenghttps://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780593555682/MC.GIF&client=chicagoplb&type=xw12&oclc=What does it mean to mourn today, in a culture that has largely set aside rituals that acknowledge grief? After her mother died of cancer at the age of fifty-five, Meghan O’Rourke found that nothing had prepared her for the intensity of her sorrow. In the first anguished days, she began to create a record of her interior life as a mourner, trying to capture the paradox of grief—its monumental agony and microscopic intimacies—an endeavor that ultimately bloomed into a profound look at how caring for her mother during her illness changed and strengthened their bond.
O’Rourke’s story is one of a life gone off the rails, of how watching her mother’s illness—and separating from her husband—left her fundamentally altered. But it’s also one of resilience, as she observes her family persevere in the face of immeasurable loss.]]>https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S980C541596https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S980C541596Mon, 31 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMThttps://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/541596980EAUDIOBOOKA Memoirenghttps://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780307933928/MC.GIF&client=chicagoplb&type=xw12&oclc=https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S126C1439516https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S126C1439516Mon, 31 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMThttps://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1439516126PAPERBACKPoemsenghttps://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780393080629/MC.GIF&client=chicagoplb&type=xw12&oclc=https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S126C1158631https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S126C1158631Wed, 31 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMThttps://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1158631126BKenghttps://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780393064759/MC.GIF&client=chicagoplb&type=xw12&oclc=https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S126C1898980https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S126C1898980Tue, 31 Jan 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1898980126BKPoemsenghttps://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780393608755/MC.GIF&client=chicagoplb&type=xw12&oclc=https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S126C2678713https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S126C2678713Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2678713126BKEssaysenghttps://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780300282948/MC.GIF&client=chicagoplb&type=xw12&oclc=https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S126C2293049https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S126C2293049Fri, 31 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2293049126PAPERBACKDispatches From Life Under Lockdown : Selections From The Yale Review's "Pandemic Files"enghttps://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780300257359/MC.GIF&client=chicagoplb&type=xw12&oclc=https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S126C1441987https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S126C1441987Mon, 31 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMThttps://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1441987126EBOOKReal Women Write About Real Sexenghttps://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780062092205/MC.GIF&client=chicagoplb&type=xw12&oclc=https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S126C1636071https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S126C1636071Fri, 31 Jan 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1636071126PAPERBACKenghttps://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781590177150/MC.GIF&client=chicagoplb&type=xw12&oclc=