Not Weakness

NOT WEAKNESS (Navigating the Culture of Chronic Pain) by Francesca Grossman is a heartrending memoir detailing the author’s experience with chronic pain caused by a myriad of diseases, including Crohn’s and thyroid cancer. The author portrays her long journey with remarkable clarity and detail, explaining how ignored pain impacted her mental health, professional life and relationships. The book also contains excerpts from various women suffering from chronic pain, referring to their ordeals in hospitals and illustrating how women often face abnormal pain in silence. Readers suffering from chronic conditions will definitely feel heard.