The Two Kinds of Decay, (Paperback)

from kidzdoc

The author of this memoir is a junior at Harvard, who develops tingling and numbness in her feet and hands after a protracted head cold. She initially ignores these symptoms, but after a few days she develops weakness in her legs and difficulty walking, which prompts her to call her parents to br...

from kidzdoc

The author of this memoir is a junior at Harvard, who develops tingling and numbness in her feet and hands after a protracted head cold. She initially ignores these symptoms, but after a few days she develops weakness in her legs and difficulty walking, which prompts her to call her parents to br...

from satyridae

Poetic and spare, this memoir of Manguso's battle with a rare autoimmune disease reads quickly but penetrates far below the skin.

from bobbieharv

My feelings about this book are similar to my reaction to Joan Didion's memoir about her husband's death. Both were quite well written, but both seemed intellectualized - both authors were distanced from their feelings. It seems carping to complain about that when someone is writing about a spous...

from kidzdoc

The author of this memoir is a junior at Harvard, who develops tingling and numbness in her feet and hands after a protracted head cold. She initially ignores these symptoms, but after a few days she develops weakness in her legs and difficulty walking, which prompts her to call her parents to br...