Eli Clare, a poet, essayist, and disability activist, weaves together memoir, cultural history, and political analysis to interrogate Western society's obsession with cure. Clare, who has cerebral palsy and identifies as a white genderqueer person, examines how the desire to fix bodies deemed broken operates across medical, spiritual, and political realms. Moving between personal narratives of being subjected to physical therapy regimens and broader investigations into the eugenic history of institutions for the 'feebleminded,' Clare reveals cure as a complex ideology rather than a neutral good. The book explores how cure intersects with environmental justice, examining communities poisoned by industrial pollution who rightfully demand remediation while disabled people resist being treated as problems to be solved. Clare distinguishes between necessary medical treatment and the ideology that positions disabled bodies as fundamentally wrong, arguing that the drive toward normalcy often causes more harm than the conditions it purports to address. Through careful attention to contradiction and ambiguity, the book refuses easy answers while building a compelling case for disability justice. Readers will find their assumptions about health, illness, and bodily difference productively unsettled by Clare's rigorous and deeply personal exploration of what it means to live in a body that society deems in need of repair.