Caroline Crampton's life was upended at the age of seventeen, when she was diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma. After years of invasive treatment, she was finally given the all clear. But being cured of the cancer didn't mean she now felt well. Crampton has drawn from her own experiences with health anxiety to write a revelatory exploration of hypochondria. She deftly weaves together history, memoir, and literary criticism to make sense of this invisible and undercovered sickness - revealing the far-reaching impact of health anxiety on our physical, mental, and emotional health.
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