The Camera My Mother Gave Me
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| Rating | : | 4.30 (628 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00006JC7V |
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| Number of Pages | : | 255 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-01-25 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
She's particularly good at capturing the way people talk about their ailments over dinner and in the middle of other activities. This isn't a book you'll want to pull out on a crowded train, with clinical terms like clitoris and vulvologist, not to mention earthier ones like the F word, on virtually every page to attract the startled attention of the passenger in the next seat. Bluntly describing her yearlong effort to deal with a searing pain in her vagina, Susanna Kaysen doesn't stint on the details of what this malady did to her relationship with her boyfriend (nothing good), nor is she forgiving of the callousness and stupidity displayed by some of her doctors and vari
Ashley said I feel a little less alone after reading. I've had vulvodynia for 11 years, 7 of which went undiagnosed due to uneducated practitioners. I'm I feel a little less alone after reading I've had vulvodynia for 11 years, 7 of which went undiagnosed due to uneducated practitioners. I'm 31. I can't believe I didn't know about this book. Although my experience was very different from Kaysen's, I cried almost the whole way through. She so perfectly captures the emotions of going through this horrible, under researched condition. I feel like I've commiserated with a. 1. I can't believe I didn't know about this book. Although my experience was very different from Kaysen's, I cried almost the whole way through. She so perfectly captures the emotions of going through this horrible, under researched condition. I feel like I've commiserated with a. Chancie said Flat and detached, too simple. It reads like the very first draft. I enjoyed it, and there were a couple sparks of emotion for me, but the rest of it fell very flat. I wanted more depth, more emotion, more thought and reflection. Majority of the book is her arguing with doctors, talking to doctors, trying whatever they tell her, and arguing with her boyfriend after, and there is very little story in that. By. Informative but restrained The book is a stepping stone to understanding the problem. I believe it is one point of view but there are many other better books to help a woman with vulvodynia. I also didn't like how abruptly the author ended. I also think resources should have been listed. Not what I had expected.
The world is gray.” But is this a problem of body, or mind? And can clinicians tease out the difference between the two?Spare, frank, and altogether original, The Camera My Mother Gave Me challenges us to think in new ways about the centrality and power of sexuality. Some peasants are at a banquet in a country mansion. The Camera My Mother Gave Me takes us through Susanna Kaysen’s often comic, sometimes surreal encounters with all kinds of doctors—internists, gynecologists, “alternative health” exp