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Well Enough Alone: A Cultural History of My Hypochondria Paperback - 2009
by Jennifer Traig
The hilarious first-person account of lifeas a hypochondriac-from the criticallyacclaimed author of Devil in the Details.
Jennifer Traig does not suffer from lupus, multiplesclerosis, Crohn's Disease, or muscular dystrophy.Nor does she have SUDS, the mysterious disorderthat claims healthy young Asian men in their sleep.What she does have is hypochondria. In Well EnoughAlone, Traig provides an uproariously funny inquiryinto her ailment, as well as a well-researched historyof the disorder. While chronicling her life as ahypochondriac and the minor conditions that helpedto fuel her persistent self-diagnosis, she offers a literarytour of the disorder's past and present. And bythe end, her journey leaves her more knowledgeable,a little less neurotic, and-one might say-healthier.
Summary
Jennifer Traig does not suffer from lupus, multiple sclerosis, Crohn's Disease, or muscular dystrophy. Nor does she have SUDS, the mysterious disorder that claims healthy young Asian men in their sleep. What she does have is hypochondria. In Well Enough Alone, Traig provides an uproariously funny inquiry into her ailment, as well as a well-researched history of the disorder. While chronicling her life as a hypochondriac and the minor conditions that helped to fuel her persistent self-diagnosis, she offers a literary tour of the disorder's past and present. And by the end, her journey leaves her more knowledgeable, a little less neurotic, and-one might say-healthier.
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- Title Well Enough Alone: A Cultural History of My Hypochondria
- Author Jennifer Traig
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Pages 272
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Publishing Group
- Date 2009-07-07
- ISBN 9781594483806 / 1594483809
- Weight 0.5 lbs (0.23 kg)
- Dimensions 8.1 x 5.4 x 0.6 in (20.57 x 13.72 x 1.52 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Dewey Decimal Code B
Media reviews
-A.J. Jacobs, author of The Year of Living Biblically
"Who knew life as a hypochondriac could be so witty and hilarious?"
-Glamour
"Fellow sufferers will find it a stitch."
- People
"Charming, quick, and very funny."
-San Francisco Chronicle
"Well Enough Alone gave me enormous reading pleasure from a beguilingly smart and perfectly healthy writer."
-John Hodgman, author of More Information than You Require
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