Bøker av Jessica Graham

Charlie is a young woman with a difficult past and she makes the ultimate and devastating decision to leave the earth and every hurt and challenge behind. But Charlie still has time left and a life to return to on earth. When Charlie awakens after those last moments, she is greeted by Sonny, a guide in the Wait Station, a place where people go when they still have time and life left. Sonny tells Charlie she must meet with different people in this same wait station so that she may see the beauty in living again. However, not everything works out as hoped for some in the wait station and Charlie is skeptical of the hope Sonny has in her and the people she meets. Charlie feels a deeper and darker presence in the Wait Station in the form of Airium, the keeper and surveyor of the this in-between place. In the midst of all this chaos, the ultimate question is will Charlie return and make the most of her life?

Wise, visceral essays on navigating pain, sex, trauma, spirituality, addiction, recovery, and grief from queer, neurodivergent trauma-resolution guide Jessica GrahamIn an unapologetic look at living well with trauma and chronic illness, writer and meditation teacher Jessica Graham offers smart, funny, raw, and mindful insights on untangling—and embracing—the messy realities of being a human alive on this planet today.Graham gives us permission to accept care—and accept that it’s okay to want care. They weave together personal stories and practical wisdom, offering their take on managing symptoms, getting creative, setting boundaries, and healing from ableist tropes like “you don’t look sick” and “we’re all a little ADHD.”Graham also shares vulnerable personal history: The adverse childhood experiences that wired their body and brain. The workaholism and addictions that kept their pain lying just below the surface. How illness and trauma intersect to obscure the knowledge that we’re each enough, wholly as we are.This memoir explores the parts of chronic illness life that don’t get enough airtime: How can we center sex and pleasure when pain gets in the way? How can we live well while living through late-stage capitalist hell? How can we come into relationship with our pain without falling prey to self-blame, magical thinking, or toxic positivity?Wise and embodied, fearless and necessary, Being (Sick) Enough is both a wild awakening and a love letter to your whole self: the pains and suffering, joys and brightness, and vital connections that hold each of us as we navigate what it means to be here, like this, right now.