![]() ![]() The snail was very critical in getting me through a hard time. I do not know how I, or anyone, survives such situations. ![]() The author wrote in a Question/Answer on the book's website: "The isolation and limits of illness can be very tough, sometimes even tougher than the illness itself. depending on what specialist you go to, you can get a different diagnosis.' Those possible diagnoses include dysautonomia, a mitochondrial disease, and chronic fatigue syndrome." ![]() In a NPR interview, the author explains her illness, that "it's physically limiting: 'extraordinarily difficult to live with - and it's very unpredictable. Although the protagonist never says in the book that she has myalgic encephalomyelitis or chronic fatigue syndrome, her illness description mirrors that of a severe ME/CFS patient. The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating by Elisabeth Tova Bailey (a pseudonym due to her illness), is a natural history/memoir of a bed bound person who spends her time observing a forest snail who inadvertently arrived at her bedside in a terrarium of field violets. ![]()
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