Dizzy
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Dizzy
A memoir chronicling the author's 18-year struggle with an undiagnosed illness, exposing the failures of the medical system while reflecting on resilience, uncertainty, and the search for joy amid hardship.
"An arresting new memoir…." – Maureen Corrigan, NPR's Fresh Air
Beverly Donofrio, author of Riding in Cars with Boys, says "Dizzy is a testament to the power of hope. Weaver's courage and strength are so inspiring they encourage the same in the reader. If all of that isn't enough, the beauty and agility of the prose may make you regret reaching the last page."
In her early thirties, Rachel Weaver woke up dizzy and unable to function. She spent the next ten years seeing more than thirty medical practitioners before receiving a diagnosis, and then another eight years before finding relief from her condition. Dizzy is a medical mystery and a cautionary tale about our broken healthcare system. It is a story about learning to live with life's uncertainty, persevering in the pursuit of answers, and striving to find joy in an imperfect yet beautiful world.
Series: Connective Tissue
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INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781959000747
Publisher: West Virginia University Press
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 10 February 2026
Country: United States
Imprint: West Virginia University Press
Illustration: n-a
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Width: 210.0mm
Height: 140.0mm
Weight: 399g
About the Author
Rachel Weaver is a writer of fiction and nonfiction. Her debut novel, Point of Direction, was chosen by the ABA in spring 2014 as a Top Ten Debut and awarded the 2015 WILLA Award for Contemporary Fiction. Her second novel, The Last Run, is due out in June 2026. Prior to earning her MFA in writing and poetics from Naropa University, Weaver worked for the Forest Service in Alaska studying bears, raptors, and songbirds. She is on faculty at Wilkes University's low-residency MFA program and at Lighthouse Writers Workshop. She lives in Colorado.
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