The Extremities!
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The Extremities!

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The Extremities!

About this book

One day at work, a young newspaper reporter is suddenly struck with a mysterious pain in her hands that renders her unable to type. Kim initially believes the disorder—as she refers to it—will disappear quickly. But attempts at treatment fail and no medical professional seems able to diagnose her. Is it a problem of posture? Stress from work? Fear of nearby wildfires or a past trauma, perhaps connected to the tragic death of her maybe-a-hoarder mother many years ago? Though the disorder puts her job, her relationship, and her state of mind in jeopardy, Kim begins to feel a strange kinship to the pain, a desire to "obey" it—a sentiment affirmed by her naturalist boyfriend, who has plans of his own for an idyllic future. Will submitting to the pain enable Kim to transcend it, or will it further derail her from the life she intended to lead?

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Information

Publisher
University Of Iowa Press
Year
2025
Print ISBN
9781685970246
eBook ISBN
9781685970253
Topic
Literature
Subtopic
Literature General
Index
Literature

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Health Effects of Wildfire Smoke Wide-Ranging and Possibly Fatal, New Study Finds
  6. The Day It Was Born
  7. The Day It Was Born (Redux)
  8. The Next Day
  9. The First Doctor
  10. I Downloaded Mirror
  11. Soon My Boyfriend Came Back
  12. Mona Visited Me at Work
  13. Worksheet 1
  14. The Worker’s Compensation Clinic
  15. Lee
  16. I Went to Physical Therapy
  17. My Boyfriend Found Mushrooms
  18. Back When It Was Just Me and the Editor
  19. My Father Visited and It Was Mostly Nice
  20. Worksheet 2
  21. I Went to Acupuncture
  22. The Worker’s Compensation Clinic Again
  23. My Boyfriend and I Went for a Hike
  24. A Doctor Listened to My Nerves
  25. My Editor Made Me Write Obituaries
  26. Worksheet 3
  27. I Submitted to the Axon
  28. The Practice Emergency Evacuation Meeting
  29. The Pain Was Worse
  30. Some Axon Results
  31. I Visited My Dad and It Was Mostly Fine
  32. I Decided to Obey the Pain
  33. The Other Reporter Visited Me
  34. The Camping Trip
  35. Worksheet 4
  36. We Go Canvassing
  37. I Ran into Mona, Maybe for the Last Time
  38. Worksheet 5
  39. The Other Reporter Visits Again
  40. The Last Few Days
  41. Then
  42. And
  43. Acknowledgments