A Matter of Appearance: A Memoir

by Emily Wells

A dazzling memoir of chronic illness that explores the fraught intersection between pain, language, and gender, by a debut author.

Emily Wells spent her childhood dancing through intense pain she assumed was normal for a ballerina pushing her body to its limits. For years, no doctor could tell Wells what was wrong with her, or they told her it was all in her head.

In A Matter of Appearance, Wells traces her journey as she...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1644212765
• ISBN13: 9781644212769
• Release Date: May 2023
• Publisher: Seven Stories Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.6" x 8.3"