Description:
A memoir chronicling the author's 18-year struggle with an undiagnosed illness, exposing the failures of the medical system while reflecting on resilience, uncertainty, and the search for joy amid hardship.
Review Quotes:
"An arresting new memoir...."
--Maureen Corrigan, NPR's Fresh Air
"Dizzy is a testament to the power of hope. Weaver's courage and strength are so inspiring they encourage the same in the reader. If all of that isn't enough, the beauty and agility of the prose may make you regret reaching the last page."
--Beverly Donofrio, author of Riding in Cars with Boys
"Dizzy is a memoir of the highest quality. It brings beauty and urgency to the overall necessary conversation about the U.S. medical system, while also functioning as a beautifully written literary memoir. This high-stakes story is spiked with moments of uncommon wisdom, poignancy, and deep emotion. I was moved to tears many times."
--Erika Krouse, author of Tell Me Everything: The Story of a Private Investigation
"Dizzy evokes what life is in wreckage of chronic illness, with suffering compounded by abandonment by specialist medicine that has no means to care for those it cannot treat. Ill people will find a lifeline of companionship in Dizzy; healthcare professionals will face a challenge. Rachel Weaver never softens her story, and that gives it truth as a testimonial to the will to live fully in whatever conditions life throws at you."
--Arthur W. Frank, author of At the Will of the Body and The Wounded Storyteller: Body, Illness, and Ethics