Nicole Eugene beautifully renders stories of narcolepsy in rich detail, deftly blended with thoughtful connections to disability theory and research. This gem of a book illuminates experiences of Eugene and her research participants in navigating complex embodiment in the face of stigma and misunderstanding, highlighting racialized and gendered aspects of hidden disability in public and private spaces. A must-read for health communication and disability communication scholars, as well as anyone interested in autoethnographic methods--I couldn't put it down!

Laura Ellingson, Santa Clara University

Nicole Eugene offers a captivating and much-needed account of narcolepsy: its various meanings and manifestations, the ways one lives with it, and how others fail to understand it. Throughout, she offers intimate, intersecting insights about sleep, ability, and identity, and, with this work, will facilitate positive awareness about the condition.

Tony Adams, Bradley University

Nicole Eugene skillfully weaves theory and personal narrative together to draw readers into the lived, embodied experience of narcolepsy. The rigorous, interdisciplinary, and accessible examination will appeal to established scholars and students across the social sciences and humanities invested in accessing the lived, embodied experience of invisible disability broadly, and narcolepsy specifically.

Julie-Ann Scott-Pollock, University of North Carolina Wilmington