Publisher's Synopsis
MS You Don't Own me is more than a title - it's a declaration. In this bold, blisteringly honest book, MS charts the journey from silence to strength, ownership to liberation. Whether you've felt boxed in by expectations, burned by betrayal, or underestimated by the world, these pages are your rallying cry to rise.
With raw truth, wisdom, and a no-holds-barred voice, MS challenges the stories we're told - and the ones we tell ourselves.
This is not a story about rebellion for the sake of rebellion. It's about reclaiming power, setting boundaries, and redefining what it means to truly be free.
Chronic illness doesn't just affect the body - it tests your identity, your freedom, your sense of self, in her bold and soul-stirring new book, MS You Don't Own me, Maria Ann Laver offers a gripping, no-holds-barred look at life with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) - and what it means to reclaim your life on your own terms.
Written for people with MS and those who care for them, MS You Don't Own Me breaks the silence around the emotional and mental toll of chronic illness. With fierce honesty, wit, and compassion, the author addresses everything from invisible symptoms to medical gaslighting, burnout, and the quiet power of resilience.
"This isn't just a memoir - it's a movement," says Maria Ann Laver. "MS doesn't own me, and I want every reader to know it doesn't own them either.
Whether you're newly diagnosed, deep in the fight, or walking alongside someone who is, this book is a rallying cry to rise, reclaim, and roar.
MS You Don't Own Me is a powerful memoir-meets-manifesto for anyone living with Multiple sclerosis - or loving someone who is.
When your body becomes a background, your spirit has to rise.
In this raw, and empowering, and deeply human book, Maria Ann Laver shares the untold truths of living with MS: the fear, the anger, the doubt, and ultimately, the fire. Through personal stories, hard won wisdom, and moments of laugh-out-loud defiance, this book is a declaration of freedom from the disease and from the expectations of others.
Living with MS means constantly being underestimated by others and sometimes even yourself.
This book is for every MS warrior who's ready to reclaim their voice. It's for the caregivers who fight quietly alongside. It's for the ones who refuse to let a diagnosis define their destiny.
MS You Don't Own Me by Maria Ann Laver is raw, real, and radically empowering.
This is for:
- People with MS who feel unseen, unheard or overwhelmed.
- Caregivers who want to better understand what their loved one is going through.
- Anyone being told how to suffer quietly.
