“Above the Din” Book Cover

Labar Laskie’s graphic memoir Above the Din begins the day she takes her first pills – Sovaldi + Olysio – the cure for her chronic hepatitis C. Drawing from old diary entries, news articles, and her own research, she recounts a 15-year odyssey from her 1999 diagnosis to “wonder drug” treatment in 2014. It’s a narrative map of madcap adventures through alternative treatments, extreme sports, and personal crises. Funny and poignant, it’s also an accessible treatise on hepatitis C, its causes, symptoms, treatments – and the threat it still poses to millions of people worldwide. Lona Powell’s illustrations bring the whole story to colorful life. A must-read for those with chronic illness (of any type), clinicians, and lovers of memoir.

Available from HenschelHAUS Publications

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