What Doesn't Kill You: A Life with Chronic Illness - Lessons from a Body in Revolt

“Should be read by anyone with a body. . . . Relentlessly researched and undeniably smart.”
—The New York Times

Named one of BuzzFeed's "Best Books of 2021"

What Doesn’t Kill You is the riveting account of a young journalist’s awakening to chronic illness, weaving together personal story and reporting to shed light on living with an ailment forever.

Tessa Miller was an ambitious twentysomething writer in New York City when, on a random fall day, her stomach began to seize up. At first, she toug...