Book 2004

No laughing matter

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Publisher: Simon & Schuster Paperbacks
Language: English
Published: 2004

American Novelists
Patients
Health
Guillain-Barré syndrome
Biography
Polyradiculitis
Authors, american
Guillain-barre syndrome

(Auto)-biographical book, documenting the period of illness starting with December 1981, when Heller was diagnosed with Guillain-Barre syndrome. The two friends write alternate chapters, chronicling that period and dire situation with humour.
Heller was to recover, eventually, and re-marry with the nurse who saw him through his illness.