While an illness keeps her bedridden, Elisabeth Bailey watches a wild snail that has taken up residence in a terrarium alongside her bed. For book reviews, please see Links section below.) (This synopsis was provided by the publisher for promotional purposes. The books is available in editions in: U.S., Canada, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, UK, Australia, New Zealand, France, China, South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Japan. I think each of us, in surviving any difficult life challenge, have to find a way to stay connected to the world as that connection is what sustains us." The snail was very critical in getting me through a hard time. I do not know how I, or anyone, survives such situations. The author wrote in a Question/Answer on the book's website: "The isolation and limits of illness can be very tough, sometimes even tougher than the illness itself. depending on what specialist you go to, you can get a different diagnosis.' Those possible diagnoses include dysautonomia, a mitochondrial disease, and chronic fatigue syndrome." In a NPR interview, the author explains her illness, that "it's physically limiting: 'extraordinarily difficult to live with - and it's very unpredictable. Although the protagonist never says in the book that she has myalgic encephalomyelitis or chronic fatigue syndrome, her illness description mirrors that of a severe ME/CFS patient. The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating by Elisabeth Tova Bailey (a pseudonym due to her illness), is a natural history/memoir of a bed bound person who spends her time observing a forest snail who inadvertently arrived at her bedside in a terrarium of field violets.
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