The Alchemy of Illness
Illness is a universal experience. There is no privilege that can make us immune to its touch. We are taught to assume health, and to view illnesses as a temporary breakdowns in the well-oiled machinery of the body. But illness has its own geography, its own laws and commandments.
At a time when the attention of the whole nation is focused on health care, Kat Duff inquiries into the nature and function of illness itself. Duff, a counselor in private practice in Taos, New Mexico, wrote this book out of her experience with chronic fatigue syndrome, but what she has to say is applicable to every illness and every one of us.
For those who are sick, this book…
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November 21, 2000Kat Duff, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, is a writer, essayist, and author of both The Alchemy of Illness (1993) and The Secret Life of Sleep (2014). She received her BA from Hampshire College and her MA in counseling and education from Southwestern College in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She resides in New Mexico where she works as a mental health counselor and child forensic interviewer.