Heal Me

Like a third of the UK population, Julia has a chronic pain condition. According to her doctors, it can't be cured. She doesn't believe them. She does believe in miracles, though. It's just a question of tracking one down. Julia's search for a cure takes her on a global quest, exploring the boundaries between science, psychology and faith with practitioners on the fringes of conventional, traditional and alternative medicine. Raising vital questions about the modern medical system, HEAL ME is also a story about identity in a system skewed against female patients, and the struggle to retain a sense of self under the medical gaze.

“A raw and unflinching exploration of chronic pain and the human body, Heal Me documents the desperate psychological and physical journey of chasing a cure for an invisible illness. From leading NHS professionals to faith healers in Haiti, Buckley puts her body on the line all over the world in an attempt to live a 'normal' life again, documenting all in honest and often disarmingly witty prose that creates a moving, compelling and timely reflection on medicine, religion and the business of health”

A timely, worrying and extremely important book - OBSERVER

Truly fascinating . . . a searingly honest first-hand account of Buckley's journey, both spiritual and physical, and an insightful, deeply researched story of pain from the multiple perspectives of medical science, psychology and faith. An absolute must-read on the subject - INDEPENDENT

An inspiring story about living with pain, and not being believed and never giving up - SUN

Julia Buckley is a journalist from Cornwall whose work has appeared in the likes of National Geographic Traveller, CNN, the Independent and the Sunday Times, where she is assistant travel editor.

Like a third of the UK population, Julia has a chronic pain condition. According to her doctors, it can't be cured. She doesn't believe them. She does believe in miracles, though. It's just a question of tracking one down. Julia's search for a cure takes her on a global quest, exploring the boundaries between science, psychology and faith with practitioners on the fringes of conventional, traditional and alternative medicine. Raising vital questions about the modern medical system, HEAL ME is also a story about identity in a system skewed against female patients, and the struggle to retain a sense of self under the medical gaze.

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