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Cover for Two Girls Staring at the Ceiling
October 21, 2016
Comments: 9

Review: Two Girls Staring at the Ceiling by Lucy Frank

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I wish this book, featuring a girl newly diagnosed with Crohn’s, had existed when I was a teenager — my recurring thought throughout was, “Oh my god, someone wrote a book for me!”

Photo of Jennifer Castle
July 16, 2013
Comments: 4

Chronic Illness and the Friend Factor

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I’ve never written fiction about living with Crohn’s, and to be honest, I’ve never wanted to. Perhaps because I still feel what I felt for years growing up: that nobody wants to hear about my annoying, humiliating misery. Yet I know, intellectually, that this is a shame, because there should be more characters in YA literature who live with chronic illnesses like IBD.