The Healing Book by Dustin Grinnell

 

“A moving collection of stories about people desperately trying to make sense of their world and find balance, understanding, some semblance of harmony, set in a time when the world only seems to make less sense with each passing day—here’s a rare book that just might offer a little light in the darkness.”

–David Yoo, author of The Choke Artist

 

“Dustin Grinnell’s stories bring you along on richly imagined, transformative journeys far reaching in both geography and emotion. Whether coursing through the travails of illness, grief, morality, parenting or career ennui, these stories hold up mirrors to characters’ lives, and will surely leave you with new found insight into your own.”

–Jeffrey H. Millstein, MD, FACP, Regional Medical Director, Penn Primary Care NJ/Bucks County

 

“Until I read Dustin Grinnell‘s short story, “A Case of Aphantasia,” I had no idea such a condition existed—that there was a name for my own visual darkness. His writing is like that: he names things that weren’t in the forefront of your mind until he showed you what they mean to you. He’s quirky, intellectual and fearless, and his stories will make you wonder and ponder and sometimes catch your breath.”

–Sandra Scofield, author of The Last Draft: A Novelist’s Guide to Revision

 

“As a physician, I turn to literature for my continuing professional education. Textbooks and journals, for the most part, are technical manuals that tell us much about diseases but little about the people who suffer with them. Dustin Grinnell deftly draws us into these short stories as his characters strive for insight and healing. I marveled at his grasp of the complexities of the protagonists and felt each was real and important. We give lip service to how our patients’ problems are biopsychosocial—yet in these stories we are drawn into their lives as they enlighten us with their existential quests. The Healing Book can make us better, more curious, more empathetic physicians, patients, and finally, people.”

–David J. Elpern, MD, dermatologist and Founder of Cell to Soul Blog

 

Reviews:   Independent Book Review,  Literary Titan,  Midwest Book Review