Brain on Fire
My Month of Madness
by Susannah Cahalan
Should I read this?
Recommended by 1 source and appears in Psychiatry, Autobiographies, and Psychology.
An awardwinning memoir and instant New York Times bestseller that goes far beyond its riveting medical mystery, Brain on Fire is the powerful account of one woman?s struggle to recapture her identity.When twentyfouryearold Susannah Cahalan woke up alone in a hospital room, strapped to her bed and unable to move or speak, she had no memory of ho...
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Recommended by 1 source and appears in Psychiatry, Autobiographies, and Psychology.
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Margaret Atwood
“Reading mindbending book, BRAIN ON FIRE, by @scahalan: Yikes, horrid disease! But happy end! (I peeked) Will share w. neurophysio brother.”
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