Toxemia
Joanna McFarlane-Frampton
, Taya Young
, Amy Cieslak
, Barry Kazimer
, Janet Miller
, Teagan Sedberry
, cassandra schiemann
, Jude Castillo
, Ariane Béland
, Marilyn Stanley
, Dot Mann
, Alanna Virtue
, Dawn Macdonald
, Agnes Marshall
, Maria Zuppardi
, Marissa Yip-Young
, jaynie jackson
, Joan Clare
, Gabrielle Wolfe
, Lindsey Drake
, Brad MULLER
, Elle Kishia
, Yutong Wu
, Jennifer Beyak
, Trish Bowering
, Anita Janik-Jones
, Brittney Warren
, Margo Beredjiklian
, Stephen Pinder
, Kirsten Lyon
, Kayley Ashman
, Ching Ching Wu
, Natasha Andres
, Andrea Pole
, Vivian Thorgeirson
, Patricia Johnson
, Holly Elisabeth
, Sarah Schwartz
, Joshua Lewis
, Cassandra AOUIZERATE
, Dorothy Wong
, Dorothy Wong
, Sara Hawkins
, Noelle Walsh
, Emily Steiner
, Allison Dube
, Sharon Forzley
, Natasa Ilic
, Jennifer Thiessen
, Laurie Burns
, Donna Roucoulet
, Ashlee Blais
, Chris Lantz
, Sarah Dalton
, Hilary Jenkins
, Denica StP
, Shawna Moodie
, Kate Hudson
, Shannan Sword
, Kartik Gupta
, Christine Lion
, Nicki D'Angelo
, Sherry Heschuk
, Anneka Chambers
, Roland Schigas
, Kym Marsh
, Nicholas Graham
, Lisa Bilodeau
, Diane McPherson
, Pamela Roberts Griffith
, Zara Garcia-Alvarez
, jane luce
, Sara Conway
, Mary Woods
, Olivia Pellegrino
, Michael Edwards
, Meghan Barton
, Stephanie Trotter
, Joe Titone
, Marla Schecter Howard
, Paula Adam
, Sindi Nika
, Benita Hartwell
, Lindsey Andronak
, Kim Patrick
, Lisa Goebel
, Rodney Cross
, jen Black
, Janet Meisner
, Nicole Haldoupis
, diana kirkwood
, Karyn Newton
, Lisa Ostrowski
, Hannah Law
, Tanya Korigan
, Karen Lowe
, toni velthuis
, Christina Frantz
, Ken Gilmour
, Linda Leitch
, Paula Ritchie
, Helene Fuhr
, susan pratten
, Dian Anderson
, Cherryl Koylass
, Kristen Nikola
, Rosa Cross
, Joseph Chirayil
, Melanie Solar
, Elaine Baptie
, Sarah Van Dyk
, Virginia Reddin
, Susan Jang
, Kristen Bach
, Hoda Montazeri
, Mitchell Schmidt
, Barbara Leckie
, Christopher Evans
, Sara Torgalson
, Madelyn Brittain
, Morgan Stewart
, Wendi Waage
, Faaria Samnani
, Russell Reitsema
, Joe Mitchell
, Sarah Butler
, Anne Baldo
, MJ Malleck
, Elmira Olson
, Augustine Mudzudza
, Sandra Lackie
, Julia Polyck-O’Neill
, Charly Wreggitt
, Jen Karpiuk
, Melissa Poremba
, Tanya Blake
, Chris Carvalho
, Paula Jane Remlinger
, Carson Loveless
, Sonia Navvuru
, Danielle Pigeau
, Briana Bedard-Paquette
, Kim Cappellina
, Bianca Jeannotte
, M M English
, Shane Lange
, Kat Sommer-Derksen
, Lynn Andrews
, colleen coco collins
, Catherine Booker
, Taryn Hubbard
, Andrea Gillespie
, Laura Patterson
, Diane O'Flaherty
, Theresa Shea
, Rachel Edmonds
, Randi Ann Doll
, Michelle Canfield
, Alanna King
, Megan Brodie
, Lori Campbell
, Emily Johansen
, Julie M.
, Lori Bardell
, Tanis Anne
, Lynn Bechtel
, Pat Johnston
, Kim Fenton
, Cindy Miller
, Jacqueline Chenier
, Amandine Kern
, Janice Cournoyer
, Michelle Arsenault
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In this alchemy of anger and love, history and memoir, Christine McNair delves into various forms of toxicity in the body—from the effects of two life-threatening preeclampsia diagnoses to chronic illness, sexism in medicine, and the toll of societal expectations.
With catharsis and humour, Toxemia pieces together the complexities of identity, motherhood, and living in a body to reveal deeply recognizable raw truths. McNair captures the wrenching feeling of loss of control in the face of an overwhelming medical diagnosis and the small, endless moments in life that underscore it: worrying about mortality in the middle of the night, revolving medical appointments, self-doubt, and all the ways in which illness interrupts.
Toxemia unravels the toxicities that haunt the human body from within and without. Combining lyrical essays, prose poetry, photographs, and more, this hybrid work dips between the sacred and profane, exposing—and holding—some of our greatest fears.
