{"product_id":"some-of-us-just-fall-polly-atkin-9781961884007","title":"Some of Us Just Fall: On Nature and Not Getting Better","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"In her contemplative memoir, Polly Atkin encourages everyone, especially those with chronic illnesses, to look beyond their own history and see the beauty in their world.\" \u003ci\u003e--The Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Defiant and dazzling.\" \u003c\/b\u003e--\u003cb\u003eFreya Bromley, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Tidal Year \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Essential reading.\" \u003c\/b\u003e--\u003cb\u003eJessica J. Lee, author of\u003ci\u003e Turning\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Long before I knew I was sick, I knew I was breakable...\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter years of unexplained health problems, Polly Atkin's perception of her body was rendered fluid and disjointed. When she was finally diagnosed with two chronic conditions in her thirties, she began to piece together what had been happening to her- all the misdiagnoses, the fractures, the dislocations, the bone-crushing exhaustion, and on top of it all, not being believed by the very people who were meant to listen.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSome of Us Just Fall\u003c\/i\u003e combines memoir, pathography and nature writing to trace a journey through illness- a journey which led Atkins to her cottage in England's Lake District, where every day she turns to the lakes and land that inspire poets old and new to help manage, and purportedly cure, her chronic illness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJoin her as she delves into shimmering waters, selkie dreams, and the history of her two genetic conditions to uncover and learn from how they were managed (or not) in times gone by. Beautiful and deeply personal, \u003ci\u003eSome of Us Just Fall\u003c\/i\u003e is essential reading on the cost of medical misogyny and gaslighting, the illusion of 'the nature cure', and the dangers of ableism both systematic and internalized.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is not a book about getting better. This is a book about living better with illness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Polly Atkin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1961884003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781961884007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Unnamed Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/19\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 301\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.60h x 5.60w x 1.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/13\/2024","brand":"Polly Atkin","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44522214949119,"sku":"9781961884007","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a67c2109-96fb-4c8c-97bc-c1252478cd42.jpg?v=1700156095","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/some-of-us-just-fall-polly-atkin-9781961884007","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}