Kathlyn Conway

About The Author

Kathlyn Conway is a psychotherapist in New York. She is also the author of Ordinary Life: A Memoir of Illness.

Books by Kathlyn Conway

Beyond Words

Illness and the Limits of Expression

Published accounts of illness and disability often emphasize hope and positive thinking: the woman who still looked beautiful after losing her hair, the man who ran five miles a day during chemotherapy. This acclaimed examination of the genre of the illness narrative questions that upbeat approac...
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