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Fiction Titles Dealing with Illness
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January 1999
Compiled by Ellen Lamb
of State Library of Tasmania, from contributions by the members of Fiction_L.
(To use this list in your library, book club, etc., please include the following credit line: "Compiled by the subscribers of the Fiction_L mailing list." This list may not be used for commercial purposes.)
Adams, Alice Medicine Men (rare malignancy)
Allende, Isabel Paula (porphyria)
Arenas, Reinaldo Old Rosa: A Novel in Two Stories (mental illness)
Arrick, Fran What You Don't Know Can Kill You (AIDS)
Atkins, Charles The Portrait (mental illness)
Atwood, Margaret Bodily Harm
Baer, Judy The Discover (AIDS)
Barker, Clive Sacrament (AIDS)
Barrett, Joyce Durham Quiet Crazy. (mental illness)
Bennett, James W. I Can Hear the Mourning Dove (mental illness)
Berg, Elizabeth Talk Before Sleep (cancer)
Berger, John To the Wedding
Berry, Liz Mel (mental illness)
Bolen, Jean Shinoda Close to the Bone
Brewer, Jeannie A Crack in Forever (AIDS)
Bridgers, Sue Ellen Notes for Another Life (mental illness)
Brite, Poppy Z. Exquisite corpse (AIDS)
Carkeet, David The Greatest Slump of all Time (mental illness)
Carter, Alden Sheila's Dying (cancer)
Clayton, Bess The Mayday Rampage (AIDS)
Cleage, Pearl What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day (AIDS)
Cook, Karin What Girls Learn (breast cancer)
Cook, Robin Toxin (E. coli poisoning)
Corcoran, Barbara I Am the Universe (brain tumour)
Cormier, Robert I am the cheese (mental illness)
Cormier, Robert The Bumblebee Flies Anyway (mental illness)
Crowell, Jenn Necessary Madness (leukaemia)
Cuadros, Gil City of God (AIDS)
Dale, Mitzi Round the Bend (mental illness)
Dart, Iris Rainer Beaches (cancer)
Davis, Christopher Philadelphia : A Novel (AIDS)
Day, Roger Dead Cert (AIDS)
De Goldi, Kate Sanctuary (anorexia)
Denker, Henry The Choice. (leukemia)
Dessaix, Robert Night Letters.
Dixon, Paige May I Cross Your Golden River? (Lou Gehrig's Disease)
Dobson, Jill Time To Go (anorexia)
Dodd, Susan The Mourners' Bench
Dragonwagon, Crescent The Year It Rained (mental illness)
Dufresne, John Love Warps the Mind a Little
Dunne, Gary Shadows on the Dance Floor (AIDS)
Duplechan, Larry Tangled Up in Blue: A Novel (AIDS)
Egbert, Kathlyn Whitsitt The 23rd Dream.
Estleman, Loren D. The Witchfinder (cancer)
Finch, Phillip In a Place Dark and Secret (mental illness)
Findley, Timothy The Piano Man's Daughter. (mental illness)
Fine, Anne The Stone Menagerie (mental illness)
Fox, Paula The Eagle Kite (AIDS)
Fox, Paula The Gathering Darkness (AIDS)
Franklin, Kristine L. Eclipse (mental illness)
Fraustino, Lisa Rowe Ash: A Novel (mental illness)
Frucht, Abby Life Before Death
Gardam, Jane The Queen of the Tambourine. (mental illness)
Garfield, Brian Fear in a Handful of Dust (mental illness)
Gibbons, Kaye Sights Unseen (mental illness)
Gilchrist, Ellen The Anna Papers
Gleitzman, Morris Two Weeks with the Queen (AIDS)
Green, George Dawes The Caveman's Valentine (mental illness)
Greenberg, Joanne I Never Promised you a Rose Garden (mental illness)
Guibert, Herve The Compassion Protocol (AIDS)
Guibert, Herve To the Friend Who Did Not Save My Life. (AIDS)
Gurganus, Allan Plays Well with Others
Harling, Robert Steel Magnolias (the play the movie was based on - diabetes)
Harris, Mark Bang the Drum Slowly (Hodgkin's disease)
Hautzig, Deborah Second Star to the Right (anorexia)
Hecht, Daniel Skull Session (Tourette's Syndrome and others)
Hesse, Karen A Time of Angels (influenza)
Hilton, Nette Hothouse Flowers (anorexia)
Hoffman, Alice At Risk (AIDS)
Hunt, Angela Elwell Gentle Touch
Hunt, Angela Elwell The Proposal
Hyland, Betty The Girl with the Crazy Brother (mental illness)
Ignatieff, Michael Scar Tissue. (neurological illness)
Johnson, Angela Humming Whispers (mental illness)
Johnson, Angela Toning the Sweep: A Novel (cancer)
Johnston, Jennifer The Christmas Tree.
Jonsson, Reidar My Life as a Dog.
Kanter, Lynn Mayor of Heaven
Kaye, Marilyn Real Heroes (AIDS)
Kaysen, Susanna Girl, Interrupted (anorexia)
Kehret, Peg Night of Fear (Alzheimer's Disease)
Kenny, Susan Sailing
Kerr, M.E. Night Kites (AIDS)
Kesey, Ken One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (mental illness)
Klein, Robin Boss of the Pool (mental illness)
Koertge, Ron The Arizona Kid (AIDS)
Kramer, Larry The Normal Heart (play about AIDS)
Krauth, Nigel JF Was Here (AIDS)
Lamb, Wally She's Come Undone (mental illness)
Lamb, Wally I Know This Much is True (schizophrenia)
Lance, Kathryn Going to See Grassy Ella (cancer)
Leavitt, David Equal Affections (cancer)
Levenkron, Steven The Best Little Girl in the World (anorexia)
Levin, Donna Extraordinary Means
Levoy, Myron Alan and Naomi (mental illness)
MacFarlane, Aidan Me and My Mate (AIDS)
Maitland, Sara Three Times Table
Manos, Helen Snapshots (AIDS)
Marshall, Alexandra Gus in Bronze
Martin, Ann M. Jessi and the Awful Secret (anorexia)
Mason, Bobbie Ann Spence and Lila
Masters, Anthony The Transformation of Jennifer Howard (AIDS)
McMurtry, Larry Terms of Endearment: A Novel (cancer)
Medoff, Jillian Hunger Point (eating disorders)
Merrifield, Margaret Come Sit By Me (AIDS)
Michael, Nava The Death of Friends (AIDS)
Miklowitz, Gloria Goodbye Tomorrow (AIDS)
Miller, Sue Distinguished Guest (Parkinson's Disease)
Minot, Susan Evening
Moore, Lorrie People Like That Are the Only People
Here (short story in Birds of America about parents dealing with their infant's cancer)
Nava, Michael Henry Rios mysteries (a friend dying of AIDS)
Naylor, Phyllis R The Keeper (mental illness)
Newman, Leslea Fat Chance (anorexia)
Nott, Phil Uncle Paul Has AIDS (AIDS)
Padgett, Abigail Bo Bradley mysteries (mental illness)
Parker, T. Jefferson Summer of Fear (The protagonist's wife has a brain tumour)
Pate, Alexs D. Losing Absalom: A Novel (cancer)
Peck, Dale Fucking Martin (AIDS)
Pickard, Nancy Dead Crazy (mental illness)
Porte, Barbara Ann Something Terrible Happened: A Novel (AIDS)
Price, Nancy Night Woman (mental illness)
Quindlen, Anna One True Thing (cancer)
Roth, Martha Goodness
Sapphire, Brenda Push (AIDS)
Schulman, Sarah Rat Bohemia (AIDS)
Sherman, Charlotte W Touch (AIDS)
Shute, Jenefer Life Size (anorexia)
Smith, Nancy Covert The Falling-Apart Winter (mental illness)
St John, Charlotte Red Hair Three (AIDS)
Steel, Danielle Lightning (cancer)
Stegner, Wallace Crossing to Safety
Stein, Harry The Magic Bullet
Stewart, Fred Mustard Six Weeks
Stewart, Maureen All of Me (anorexia)
Sullivan, Faith Empress of One (chronic depression)
Swarthout, Glendon The Homesman (mental illness)
Tomlinson, Theresa Dancing through the Shadows (cancer)
Trocheck, Kathy Hogan Callahan Garrity mysteries (breast cancer
Walker, Percy The Second Coming (mental illness)
Walters, Celeste The Killing of Mud-Eye (anorexia)
West, Jessamyn A Matter of Time
White, Stephen Alan Gregory series, features Lauren, a DA with multiple sclerosis
Wilhelm, Kate The Good Children (schizophrenia)
Wilson, Jacqueline Deep Blue (anorexia)
Winterson, Jeanette Written on the Body (cancer)
Young, Alida E. Losing David (AIDS)
Zindel, Paul Harry and Hortense at Hormone High
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