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Brain On Fire: My Month of Madness

Autor Susannah Cahalan
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en Limba Engleză Paperback – 5 sep 2013
Brain on Fireis the stunning debut from journalist and author Susannah Cahalan, recounting the real-life horror story of how a sudden and mysterious illness put her on descent into a madness for which there seemed to be no cure

'My first serious blackout marked the line between sanity and insanity. Though I would have moments of lucidity over the coming days and weeks, I would never again be the same person ...'

Susannah Cahalan was a happy, clever, healthy twenty-four-year old. Then one day she woke up in hospital, with no memory of what had happened or how she had got there. Within weeks, she would be transformed into someone unrecognizable, descending into a state of acute psychosis, undergoing rages and convulsions, hallucinating that her father had murdered his wife; that she could control time with her mind. Everything she had taken for granted about her life, and who she was, was wiped out.

This is Susannah's story of her terrifying descent into madness and the desperate hunt for a diagnosis, as, after dozens of tests and scans, baffled doctors concluded she should be confined in a psychiatric ward. It is also the story of how one brilliant man, Syria-born Dr Najar, finally proved - using a simple pen and paper - that Susannah's psychotic behaviour was caused by a rare autoimmune disease attacking her brain. His diagnosis of this little-known condition, thought to have been the real cause of devil-possessions through history, saved her life, and possibly the lives of many others. Cahalan takes readers inside this newly-discovered disease through the progress of her own harrowing journey, piecing it together using memories, journals, hospital videos and records. Written with passionate honesty and intelligence,Brain on Fireis a searingly personal yet universal book, which asks what happens when your identity is suddenly destroyed, and how you get it back.

'With eagle-eye precision and brutal honesty, Susannah Cahalan turns her journalistic gaze on herself as she bravely looks back on one of the most harrowing and unimaginable experiences one could ever face: the loss of mind, body and self ... a mesmerizing story', Mira Bartók,New York Timesbestselling author ofThe Memory Palace

Susannah Cahalan is a reporter on theNew York Post, and the recipient of the 2010 Silurian Award of Excellence in Journalism for Feature Writing. Her writing has also appeared in theNew York Times, and is frequently picked up by theDaily Mail,Gawker,Gothamist,AOLandYahooamong other news aggregrator sites.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780141975344
ISBN-10: 0141975342
Pagini: 288
Ilustrații: illustrations (black and white)
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 17 mm
Greutate: 0.21 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

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I looooved this one! There's so much tension, suspence and worrying. And the fact that it really happened, wow! I absolutely loved the little details, such as the notes and the drawings and the diagnostics included throughout the book. I really recommend this one!

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Notă biografică

Susannah Cahalan is a reporter on theNew York Post, and the recipient of the 2010 Silurian Award of Excellence in Journalism for Feature Writing. Her writing has also appeared in theNew York Times, and is frequently picked up by theDaily Mail,Gawker,Gothamist,AOLandYahooamong other news aggregrator sites.

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With eagle-eye precision and brutal honesty, Susannah Cahalan turns her journalistic gaze on herself as she bravely looks back on one of the most harrowing and unimaginable experiences one could ever face: the loss of mind, body and self ... a mesmerizing story
Captivating ... Cahalan's prose carries a sharp, unsparing punch