Well Enough Alone

A Cultural History of My Hypochondria

Jennifer Traig

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English

Riverhead Books,U.S.
07 July 2009

Biography: general; Memoirs; Psychology

The hilarious first-person account of life as a hypochondriac-from the critically acclaimed author of Devil in the Details.

Jennifer Traig does not suffer from lupus, multiple sclerosis, Crohn's Disease, or muscular dystrophy. Nor does she have SUDS, the mysterious disorder that claims healthy young Asian men in their sleep. What she does have is hypochondria. In Well Enough Alone, Traig provides an uproariously funny inquiry into her ailment, as well as a well-researched history of the disorder. While chronicling her life as a hypochondriac and the minor conditions that helped to fuel her persistent self-diagnosis, she offers a literary tour of the disorder's past and present. And by the end, her journey leaves her more knowledgeable, a little less neurotic, and-one might say-healthier.

By: Jennifer Traig
Imprint: Riverhead Books,U.S.
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 210mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 244g
ISBN: 9781594483806
ISBN 10: 1594483809
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 07 July 2009
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Jennifer Traig is the author of Devil in the Details- Scenes from an Obsessive Girlhood and a frequent contributor to The Forward and McSweeney's. She holds a Ph.D. in Literature and resides in Berkeley, California.

Reviews for Well Enough Alone: A Cultural History of My Hypochondria

You will laugh. Then you will feel guilty for laughing. Then you'll laugh some more. -A.J. Jacobs, author of The Year of Living Biblically Who knew life as a hypochondriac could be so witty and hilarious? -Glamour Fellow sufferers will find it a stitch. - People Charming, quick, and very funny. -San Francisco Chronicle Well Enough Alone gave me enormous reading pleasure from a beguilingly smart and perfectly healthy writer. -John Hodgman, author of More Information than You Require aYou will laugh. Then you will feel guilty for laughing. Then youall laugh some more.a aA.J. Jacobs, author of The Year of Living Biblically aWho knew life as a hypochondriac could be so witty and hilarious?a a Glamour aFellow sufferers will find it a stitch.a a People aCharming, quick, and very funny.a a San Francisco Chronicle a Well Enough Alone gave me enormous reading pleasure from a beguilingly smart and perfectly healthy writer.a aJohn Hodgman, author of More Information than You Require