Melissa Palmer: 4 books

In the United States alone, more than four million people are infected with the hepatitis C virus, and chronic liver disease is the twelfth leading cause of death. In this revised and updated edition of her groundbreaking 2000 book, renowned hepatologist Dr. Melissa Palmer discusses all facets...

Twin Oaks is a self-contained community where it seems that skies are always blue, the grass is always green, flowers bloom prolifically, the houses exude charm and grace and the people are decent and always cordial. Yet appearances can be deceiving, for beneath exteriors lay the darker elements of...

Iris Heller, a 15-year-old teenager with Sensory Processing Disorder, runs away to compete in a national bake-off contest. In order to get there, she “borrows” her mom’s car, travels through several states, and does the most terrifying thing of all — interacts with actual people! Iris has...

A book about a girl that hid an illness of pain and suffering until. She found out she was disabled at 36 with a chronic pain illness, muscular dystrophy and breast cancer by 40. She married a surgeon and together blended their families and made an empire. She found out that motherhood...