Meghan O'Rourke Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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Meghan O'Rourke is an author and journalist. Author of NY Times Bestseller THE INVISIBLE KINGDOM: REIMAGINING CHRONIC ILLNESS, a finalist for the National Book Awards. Editor, The Yale Review. @NYUCWP.
Regarding the Pain of Others
Susan SontagMeghan O'Rourke“Compassion is an unstable emotion. It needs to be translated into action, or it withers.” - Susan Sontag, Regarding the Pain of Others
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Midwinter Day
Bernadette MayerMeghan O'RourkeOh no. Not Bernadette Mayer. What a poet. Midwinter Day is so important to the long poem I’m writing. 💔 https://t.co/chjU6PwW9T
Paperback, 1999
$15.95Member price:$7.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Long Covid: Examining Long-Term Health Effects of Covid-19 and Implications for the Social Security Administration: Proceedings of a Workshop
National Academies of Sciences EngineeriMeghan O'RourkeThis book is going to help a lot of folks—get a copy for anyone you know with #longcovid. My thanks to @fi_lowenstein for sending it to me: I love its cheerful yellow. Inside, excellent essays and stories that will make being sick less lonely, plus good advice + tips. https://t.co/fKJG93a11F
Paperback, 2022
$23.00Member price:$21.85 + Free shipping5% off
The Cure Within: A History of Mind-Body Medicine
Anne HarringtonMeghan O'RourkeA fascinating look at how we think about the interconnection of the mind and the body. Harrington, a historian, recounts the many irrational and enduring cultural stories we tell about being ennobled by our suffering. A treasure trove of fascinating history, digestibly told.
Paperback, 2009
$24.95Member price:$12.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Invisible Kingdom: Reimagining Chronic Illness
Meghan O'RourkeMeghan O'Rourke✨✨I'm so thrilled - @washingtonpost named THE INVISIBLE KINGDOM: REIMAGINING CHRONIC ILLNESS one of the most notable nonfiction books of 2022! Here's to reimagining the stories we tell about poorly understood illness.✨✨ https://t.co/SN2tBHB6ME
Paperback, 2023
$18.00Member price:$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times
Katherine MayMeghan O'RourkeI learned so much about my own illness experience talking with @_katherine_may_ Also her book Wintering is a gorgeous account of the recalibrating that can come in a life - and often accompanies #chronicillness. https://t.co/nnXTRgfagV
Hardcover, 2020
$28.00Member price:$14.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Mothercare: On Obligation, Love, Death, and Ambivalence
Lynne TillmanMeghan O'RourkeThough you might not expect it, Mothercare is an invigorating page-turner of a book, propelled by Tillman’s wit and incisiveness ... An urgent piece of nonfiction.
Hardcover, 2022
$23.00Member price:$11.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Intimacies
Katie KitamuraMeghan O'RourkeReally looking forward to chatting with my dear friend @katiekitamura about her fabulous novel, INTIMACIES: https://twitter.com/cambridgepl/status/1532092374872215552
Paperback, 2022
$17.00Member price:$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Earth Room
Rachel MannheimerMeghan O'RourkeToday is the publication of @mannheimerup’s wonderful new poetry collection EARTH ROOM. I highly recommend it. Congrats Rachel! https://twitter.com/mannheimerup/status/1502314083613356033
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Wolf Hall
Hilary MantelMeghan O'Rourke@gregggonsalves Villette. The rest of Fitzgerald is great - i love The Bookshop. Hilary Mantel - Beyond Black. Wolf Hall great too.
Paperback, 2021
$20.99Member price:$10.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book