Dealings with dietitians, psychologists, hospitals and the mental health system feature prominently, and there’s a revelatory quality to her recounting of the micro-moments she has to negotiate as a person for whom eating is always problematic. Fiona Wright lives with a rare and complex digestive disorder, which gave rise to behavioural difficulties. They revolve around three main things.įirst is the experience of chronic illness. The essays are beautifully written, combining personal detail, literary reference and information about the social and historical contexts. At the Sydney Writers’ Festival earlier this year, she said the first book, Small Acts of Disappearance, was about extremes, particularly those brought on by her severe health issues, and this book is about the ordinary, and how the ordinary must be negotiated by someone whose health is (still) fragile. This is Fiona Wright’s second book of personal essays.
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