{"product_id":"dizzy-a-memoir-9781959000747","title":"Dizzy: A Memoir","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 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. \u003ci\u003eDizzy\u003c\/i\u003e is amedical 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eRachel Weaver is a writer of fiction and nonfiction. Her debut novel, \u003ci\u003ePoint of Direction\u003c\/i\u003e, 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, \u003ci\u003eThe Last Run\u003c\/i\u003e, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"West Virginia University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52000290013458,"sku":"9781959000747","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_503c9d30-a7b6-4f24-beba-6a7947908623.jpg?v=1770193183","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/dizzy-a-memoir-9781959000747","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}