{"product_id":"the-color-of-pain-abby-j-reed-9781953615060","title":"The Color of Pain","description":"\u003cp\u003eExplore a young woman's courageous decade-long journey through faith, art, and the relentless pain of chronic migraine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Absolutely incredible. If you or someone you love have migraines please read this book.\" - A Goodreads reviewer\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAncient Egyptians treated migraine by tying clay crocodiles to the forehead. The Victorians solved migraine by having doctors drill holes into their loved one's skulls. Today, the Migraine Research Foundation says migraine is currently the sixth most disabling illness in the entire world, affecting over 9 million men and 28 million women in the US alone.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbby J. Reed is one of them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe is also an artist, a writer, and a woman of faith. Looking at the space where faith, art, and pain intersect, Reed interweaves vignettes to share how having chronic intractable migraine with aura impacts both her Christian faith and art during a ten-year journey to find healing for the never-ending pounding in her head.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom intercessory prayer to Netflix binges to spending weeks in an intensive in-patient clinic, all while working on her art, sometimes true healing looks different from what we imagined.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Color of Pain is a brave, brutally honest and luminous memoir for fans of Jaouad's Between Two Kingdoms, Peterson's Adorning the Dark, and L'engle's Walking on Water.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Her beautifully worded blend of encouragement, validation, and transparency made me feel seen in a way I didn't know I needed\" - A Goodreads reviewer\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"...The author is so unapologetically honest and raw. Abby grapples with thoughts, emotions and questions most people won't say out loud and often even live in denial of...\" - A Goodreads reviewer\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"I cannot recommend this book enough to anyone who battles with chronic pain and\/or illness.\" - A Goodreads reviewer\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Abby J. Reed\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1953615066\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781953615060\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Polaris Creations\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/25\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.82lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.67d","brand":"Abby J. Reed","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48623646474495,"sku":"9781953615060","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-color-of-pain-abby-j-reed-9781953615060","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}