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A young woman’s descent into madness, a fight for her mind and identity.

Brain on Fire (10th Anniversary Edition)

My Month of Madness

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  • Paperback

    288 pages

  • Release Date

    6 August 2013

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Summary

An anniversary edition of the award-winning 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–with a new note to readers by the author.

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 thres…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781451621389
ISBN-10:1451621388
Author:Susannah Cahalan
Publisher:Simon & Schuster
Imprint:Simon & Schuster
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:288
Release Date:6 August 2013
Weight:249g
Dimensions:20mm x 140mm x 211mm
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Brain on Fire (10th Anniversary Edition) by Susannah Cahalan - ISBN: 9781451621389
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Critics Review

“Captivating…Cahalan’s prose carries a sharp, unsparing tabloid punch in the tradition of Pete Hamill and Jimmy Breslin.”

About The Author

Susannah Cahalan

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.

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