Healing Stories Network

The Reading Room

Honest, first-person companions to the conditions, treatments, and choices explored across our library.

A guide to our Respiratory & Lung Health shelf — twelve anthologies of first-person testimony, from asthma and COPD to slee...

A second chance at breath, and a profound journey. What a lung transplant really involves, from the waiting list to life afterw...

One of the hardest, most worthwhile things a person can do. What quitting smoking is really like, why willpower alone often is ...

Breathlessness that changes how you live, one day at a time. What COPD is really like, what helps you breathe easier, and why i...

More than an occasional wheeze. What living with asthma is really like, why control matters more than you might think, and what...