Brain on Fire, Susannah Cahalan
Brain on Fire, Susannah Cahalan
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Brain on Fire
My Month of Madness

Author: Susannah Cahalan

Narrator: Susannah Cahalan

Unabridged: 7 hr 22 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/31/2020


Synopsis

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A “captivating” (The New York Times Book Review), award-winning memoir and instant New York Times bestseller that goes far beyond its riveting medical mystery, Brain on Fire is a 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 as violent, psychotic, a flight risk. What happened?

In an “unforgettable” (Elle), “stunningly brave” (NPR), 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 almost 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.

About 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.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Bonnie Jean on February 15, 2017

I took care of a patient with this tragic and intriguing disorder. Her complex and terrifying journey through this disease in ongoing. Over the course of caring for her, her sister mentioned this book. In this rare disorder, people often pass through a range of bizarre psychiatric symptoms that lead......more

Goodreads review by Will on May 18, 2022

Susannah Cahalan, a young journalist working at a great (ok not so great, kinda schlocky actually) metropolitan newspaper, suddenly notices things going awry. She starts having episodes of paranoia, becomes hypersensitive to sound, light and cold. She suffers from loss of appetite and begins having......more

Goodreads review by Nancy on November 15, 2012

I rarely read memoirs. Too often the author spends far too much time painting themselves in the best possible light and/or justifying their behavior. It is a rare and gifted author that can objectively describe a personal event without infusing it with strong emotions. Perhaps Susannah was able to ac......more

Goodreads review by Matthew on May 31, 2018

I used to occasionally watch a show called Mystery Diagnosis where someone would come down with the strangest disease with the weirdest symptoms. They would go from doctor to doctor being misdiagnosed every time. In the end, a brilliant doctor who specializes in the strangest ailments would correctl......more

Goodreads review by kendyl ʚ♡⃛ɞ (semi-hiatus) on July 24, 2024

5/5 ★’s ⁀➷ 𝒅𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒂 𝒅𝒊𝒂𝒈𝒏𝒐𝒔𝒊𝒔 i read this for my mom…because of my mom. my first ever memoir🥺 for years and years, my mom struggled with her health. constantly in and out of the hospital. she’d show up at the hospital not feeling well and leave with no answers. in 2016, my mom was......more