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The Lady’s Handbook for Her Mysterious Illness

The Lady’s Handbook for Her Mysterious Illness is a stirring, inspiring rallying cry and an engaging, harrowing and often hilarious personal story.

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Review of ‘The Lady’s Handbook for Her Mysterious Illness’

In her new memoir, The Lady’s Handbook for Her Mysterious Illness, Sarah Ramey writes about the 2012 day her music video featuring her alter ego, Wolf Larsen, premiered on NPR. It starred a red-lipsticked, vibrant version of herself, and it went viral online while she remained ill, exhausted, frustrated and alone at home.

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Interview with Sarah Ramey

Sarah Ramey talks about the intersection of medicine and misogyny, laid bare in her powerful (and, against the odds, hilarious) memoir.

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