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A Body Made of Glass: A History of Hypochondria

by Caroline Crampton

Other books by Caroline Crampton

The Way to the Sea: The Forgotten Histories of the Thames Estuary by Caroline Crampton

Our most recommended books

Stasiland: Stories from Behind the Berlin Wall by Anna Funder

A Fortunate Man: The Story of a Country Doctor by Jean Mohr & John Berger

House of Hunger by Dambudzo Marechera

The Ballad of Dorothy Wordsworth by Frances Wilson

The Mighty Queens of Freeville by Amy Dickinson

Frissure by Kathleen Jamie

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The Way to the Sea: The Forgotten Histories of the Thames Estuary
by Caroline Crampton

Stasiland: Stories from Behind the Berlin Wall
by Anna Funder

A Fortunate Man: The Story of a Country Doctor
by Jean Mohr & John Berger

House of Hunger
by Dambudzo Marechera

The Ballad of Dorothy Wordsworth
by Frances Wilson

The Mighty Queens of Freeville
by Amy Dickinson

Frissure
by Kathleen Jamie