A DANGEROUSLY HIGH THRESHOLD FOR PAIN

Listeners living with an autoimmune disease will feel heard, understood, and defended, perhaps for the very first time. This audio tour de force is written and narrated by legal scholar and Princeton professor Imani Perry. It's hard to imagine someone other than the author, who has lupus and Graves disease, narrating such a probing, purposeful exploration of her own life with these illnesses. Perry's steady voice and carefully measured contemplations bring the author's intelligence to the audiobook's forefront. Slow pacing helps listeners digest the many salient quotes from literary greats such as writer Audre Lorde. The audiobook seems like a road map for understanding the human experience of illness and shouldn't be missed, especially by anyone wanting to learn about autoimmune conditions. J.T. © AudioFile 2023, Portland, Maine [Published: MAY 2023]