I Can Feel It All Over

In this radiant and incisive debut novel, a Black woman struggles to reclaim her life after a little-understood illness—and an unexpected public health crisis—forces the world to confront the isolation she has long endured.

Forty-seven-year-old Harmony Johnston has spent years battling a mysterious condition that causes everyday elements of modern life—from cell phones and synthetic fabrics to shampoos and electrical wiring—to trigger debilitating physical pain. Dismissed by doctors and misunderstood by those closest to her, Harmony begins to question not only her illness but her own reality.

When renovations at the nonprofit where she works intensify her symptoms, Harmony leaves her job and withdraws further from the outside world. As her illness deepens, so do her loneliness and despair, straining the few relationships she has left and forcing her to redefine the boundaries necessary for her survival.

Then the world changes. As a public health crisis leaves millions isolated in ways Harmony has long experienced, she sees an unexpected opportunity to reconnect with the people and purpose she thought she had lost. But after so much pain, can life ever truly return to normal?

By turns heartbreaking, humorous, and deeply affirming, I Can Feel It All Over is a powerful novel about invisible illness, resilience, bodily autonomy, human connection, and the courage to live authentically in a world that often refuses to understand.