![]() ‘ confessional style helps illuminate the misogyny of a medical establishment that frequently disbelieves or underplays women’s health problems… Show Me Where It Hurts is a timely and engaging essay collection for readers of nonfiction that’s unflinching yet compassionate, such as Clare Bowditch’s Your Own Kind of Girl and Lisa Taddeo’s Three Women.’ – Carody Culver, Books+Publishing READ AN EXTRACT published in the Sunday Life liftout of The Age and Sydney Morning Herald Selected reviews: But it is also a bridge reaching out to partners, families, friends, colleagues, doctors: all those who want to better understand what life looks like when you cannot simply show others where it hurts. ![]() Show Me Where it Hurts: Living with Invisible Illness is a powerful collection of essays that speak to those who have encountered the brush-off from doctors, faced endless tests and treatments, and endured chronic pain and suffering. Its impact is felt in every aspect of her day-to-day existence: from work to dating from her fears for what the future holds to her struggles to get out of bed some mornings.ĭrawing on pop music, art, literature and online culture, Maslen explores the lived experience of invisible illness with sensitivity and wit, drawing back the veil on a reality many struggle-or refuse-to recognise. Kylie Maslen has been living with invisible illness for twenty years-more than half her life. I refuse to have the difficult parts cropped out. It is not my body that is at fault, but society’s failure to deal with bodies like mine. I work the way I do because of my body, I vote the way I do because of my body and I live the way I do because of my body. NAMED AS A BEST NEW TALENT IN THE SATURDAY PAPER’S BEST BOOKS OF 2020 ![]() NAMED AMONG GUARDIAN AUSTRALIA’S 20 BEST AUSTRALIAN BOOKS IN 2020 SHORTLISTED FOR NON-FICTION IN THE 2021 VICTORIAN PREMIER’S LITERARY AWARDS
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