
Dizzy
A Memoir
Rachel Weaver(Author)
West Virginia University Press
Will be published approx. on 1. February 2026
Book
Paperback/Softback
328 pages
978-1-959000-74-7 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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."
More details
Language
English
Dimensions
Height: 210 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
451 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-959000-74-7 (9781959000747)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
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.
Content
Cover Acknowledgments Author's Note Before Year One Chapter One Chapter Two Chapter Three Chapter Four Year Two Chapter Five Chapter Six Chapter Seven Chapter Eight Year Three Chapter Nine Year Four Chapter Ten Year Five Chapter Eleven Year Six Chapter Twelve Year Seven Chapter Thirteen Year Eight Chapter Fourteen Chapter Fifteen Year Nine Chapter Sixteen Year Ten Chapter Seventeen Year Eleven Chapter Eighteen Year Thirteen Chapter Nineteen Year Sixteen Chapter Twenty Coda About the Author Back Cover