Positive Press

Jennifer Cramer-Miller recounts her amazing story, navigating the perils of chronic kidney disease, in this heartening and well-written account.

This is one of the best books I’ve read this year (2025), and one of the better overall in years. I am not a big fan of nonfiction, but like memoir better, and ‘Optimist is a compelling, poignant, funny, instructive and very well written book.

I think Cramer-Miller could write about paint drying, and make it interesting, because she has good writing skills. Very good ones.

I hope you read this book if you enjoy good memoir, are curious about kidney ailments, or just enjoy books that transport you somewhere good, encourage you, and bring you through to the end, feeling better and more edified than when you began.