Some of Us Just Fall - Polly Atkin Book cover type:Hardback thrown on a potter's wheel

thrown on a potter's wheel

and patient diaries soften the trauma of reawakening from coma

suggesting that the current massive folk revival represents ordinary people's desire to find new ways of envisioning community and caring for and connecting to nature

rather than knowing it more profoundly -- and its significance to our humanity has been downplayed

Soil and Homo Sapiens

Some of Us Just Fall - Polly Atkin Book cover type:Hardback thrown on a potter's wheelAfter years of unexplained health problems, Polly Atkin's understanding of her body had become fluid and disjointed. When she was finally diagnosed with two chronic conditions in her thirties, she began to piece together her own history: the fractures and dislocations, the exhaustion and medical disregard. A searing blend of memoir, nature writing and pathography, Some of Us Just Fall traces a remarkable journey through illness. From misdiagnoses to