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Gemma Nisbet

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How do the stories we tell shape our experience of chronic illness? Katherine Brabon charts an elusive search for ‘the cure’

How do the stories we tell shape our experience of chronic illness? Katherine Brabon charts an elusive search for ‘the cure’

Katherine Brabon’s novel explores the roles of faith, science and storytelling in explaining and treating illness – and offering agency to...

22.07.2025 10

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Gemma Nisbet

Should Joan Didion’s therapy notes to her husband about their daughter have been published?

Reading Joan Didion’s posthumously published new book feels like eavesdropping on private marital conversations. It’s revealing, raw and haunting.

13.05.2025 20

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Gemma Nisbet