Other Side of Impossible

True stories about people who triumphed over seemingly impossible medical diagnoses using untraditional, inventive therapies and perseverance—and about what scientists are discovering on the psychology of healing and the mind-body connection—from the author of the New York Times Magazine article about her own son, “The Boy with the Thorn in his Joints,” which led to this book about other families

Susannah Meadows is a former senior writer for Newsweek. She has been a frequent contributor to The New York Times, writing a column for the Arts section about books. During her career she has covered the 2004 presidential campaign, the aftermath of 9/11, and the Duke lacrosse scandal, among many other stories. She has appeared on CBS This Morning, CNN, MSNBC,?Fox News,?ESPN, Charlie Rose,?and?The Brian Lehrer Show.?She lives with her husband and twin sons in Brooklyn.