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The case against her was weak enough. Did her defense have to mock the very idea of invisible injuries?

Narrative medicine claims to champion the experience of patients—but it does so by requiring that the sick “earn” their care by telling a redemptive tale about what is wrong with them.

Sick (2018), and Anne Boyer’s The Undying (2019), for a few examples, all play with form and question the utility of a linear story with a definite conclusion. This makes Tessa Miller’s new book, , a bit of a throwback. A memoir of being diagnosed and living with Crohn’s disease, Miller’s book offers a didactic narrative, in Hawkins’s taxonomy, or a questing one, in Frank’s. Hers is one of triumph, if not restitution.  Tessa Miller really wants to help. A tightly-wound achiever, “I’d planned for everything,” she writes in the book’s early pages . “I signed up for ev...

Article content As many people around the world prepare to celebrate the birth of a child over 2,000 years ago, there’s an important fact to remember. One in four couples who become pregnant does not bring home a baby. The impact of pregnancy loss on a woman is clear, physical as well as mental, and it can certainly be devastating. However, men share in the sadness of pregnancy loss. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or Keenan: Pregnancy loss hurts men too Back to video “I just find men are often the forgotten ones,” says Glen Burkholder, co...