Gift of disease: Reframing sickness as humanity's secret advantage

This book grew from a conviction: that illness, so often feared and hidden, deserves to be seen in a different light. I did not write these pages to minimise suffering or dress up pain as something it is not. Rather, I wanted to reframe sickness as a paradoxical force, one that has shaped art, science, solidarity, and human resilience across history. My hope is that readers will come to this work ...