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Fans of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks will find this memoir fascinating.
Susannah's colleagues and friends, with raised eyebrows believe she is having a nervous breakdown, buckling under the stress of a fast paced job with tight deadlines at the New York Post. Whatever is happening, Susannah, an outgoing, accomplished 24-year-old journalist, is not herself. Hallucinations, paranoia, withdrawal, mood swings, numbness and rage seem to come out of nowhere and overtake her formerly healthy self. This is a remarkable memoir of Susannah Cahalan's journey to a kind of hell and back with a rare (and rarely diagnosed) autoimmune disorder. Without her family's firm belief that she was dealing with a neurological problem it's unlikely she would eventually have found her way to a medical team with an accurate diagnosis.
Cahalan's very readable, post-illness account uses her journalism background to dig into her journey. As she states "it is never good to hear your doctor call you an interesting case."
--Bev Bauer, Redbery Books, Cable, Wisconsin
- Bev, Redbery Books, Cable, Wisconsin
- Bev, Redbery Books, Cable, Wisconsin
- Bev, Redbery Books, Cable, Wisconsin
- Bev, Redbery Books, Cable, Wisconsin
Published by the Wisconsin Historical Society Press, this series of historical essays just received a starred review from Publisher's Weekly! It takes place on Big Spider Lake at the 1929 log cabin that has been the author's summer retreat for five generations. This would make a great gift for anybody who has enjoyed family get togethers in the northwoods. Think Mother's Day, Father's Day, Birthdays, and Graduations! P.S. Marnie has been a longtime Redbery customer. - Bev, Redbery Books, Cable, Wisconsin
A new non-fiction book from a favorite author. - Bev, Redbery Books, Cable, Wisconsin
An all-time favorite for the northwoods. - Bev, Redbery Books, Cable, Wisconsin
An all-time favorite for the northwoods. - Bev, Redbery Books, Cable, Wisconsin