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Zusatztext “Compelling…a New York Post reporter recounts her medical nightmare.” Informationen zum Autor Susannah Cahalan is an award-winning #1 New York Times bestselling author, journalist, and public speaker. Her 2012 memoir, Brain on Fire has sold over a million copies and was made into a Netflix original movie. Her second book, The Great Pretender was shortlisted for the 2020 Royal Society’s Science Book Prize. She has written for The New York Times , New York Post , Elle , The New Scientist , and BBC’s Focus , as well as academic journals The Lancet and Biological Psychiatry. She lives in New Jersey with her husband and twin toddlers. Klappentext Now in paperback! the critically acclaimed New York Times bestseller BRAIN ON FIRE is a terrifying and triumphant memoir by reporter Susannah Cahalan! about the mysterious physical and mental breakdown that nearly cost her her life! and the two brilliant neurologists who saved her. Zusammenfassung An award-winning memoir and instant New York Times bestseller—and inspiration for the major motion picture starring Chloë Grace Moretz—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 twenty-four-year-old Susannah Cahalan woke up alone in a hospital room! strapped to her bed and unable to move or speak! she had no memory of how she’d gotten there. Days earlier! she had been on the threshold of a new! adult life: at the beginning of her first serious relationship and a promising career at a major New York newspaper. Now she was labeled violent! psychotic! a flight risk. What happened? In a swift and breathtaking narrative! Susannah tells the astonishing true story of her descent into madness! her family’s inspiring faith in her! and the lifesaving diagnosis that nearly didn’t happen. “A fascinating look at the disease that...could have cost this vibrant! vital young woman her life” ( People )! Brain on Fire is an unforgettable exploration of memory and identity! faith and love! and a profoundly compelling tale of survival and perseverance that is destined to become a classic. ...
