Cynthia Li has written a second book on healing from within that is just as profound and intimate as her first, Brave New Medicine. Any page I turned to offered me a gem of insight and instruction. I’ll turn to it again and again. — Anne Lamott, activist and NYT bestselling author of Bird by Bird Optimize your body’s innate healing abilities...in a seemingly effortless way. Are you one of the millions who suffer from chronic illness? Have you tried everything—conventional or

To combat the COVID-19 outbreak, the media focused almost exclusively on the outer shield . That is, minimizing spread. This includes physical distancing. Washing hands with soap and water for 20 seconds. Alcohol sanitizers. Disinfecting tabletops and door knobs. Wearing disposable masks and gloves. This is the first line of defense. And it is vital. But there’s a second, equally important and often overlooked line of defense: the inner shield . That is, your immune system. T

Li's writing is so intimate -- and so exacting -- that it cuts like a knife. She raises fundamental questions about the future of medicine, her own future, and about being a doctor and a patient at the same time. The result is a beautiful book that will be read and remembered for years to come. —Siddhartha Mukherjee, doctor and Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Emperor of All Maladies In this intimate memoir, Doctor Cynthia Li shares the truth about her disabling autoimmun