The Camera My Mother Gave Me, Susanna Kaysen
The Camera My Mother Gave Me, Susanna Kaysen
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The Camera My Mother Gave Me

Author: Susanna Kaysen

Narrator: Susanna Kaysen

Unabridged: 2 hr 48 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/01/2001

Synopsis

Susanna Kaysen, who wrote about her teenage depression in the bestseller Girl, Interrupted, now takes on another taboo subject: her vagina—which suddenly and inexplicably starts to hurt. The Camera My Mother Gave Me takes us through Susanna Kaysen's often comic, sometimes surreal encounters with all kinds of doctors—internists, gynecologists, and "alternative health" experts—as well as with her boyfriend and her friends as she seeks a cure—but nothing works. As sex becomes more and more painful, Kaysen's relationship with her boyfriend disintegrates and she turns to her best friends, her wicked sense of humor, and her wry self-reflection to cope. Spare, frank, and altogether original, The Camera My Mother Gave Me is an extraordinary investigation into the role sex plays into perception and our notions of ourselves, and into what happens when the erotic impulse meets the world of medicine.

About Susanna Kaysen

Susanna Kaysen is the nationally bestselling author of the novels Asa, As I Knew Him and Far Afield and the memoirs Girl, Interrupted and The Camera My Mother Gave Me. She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Heidi

not about a camera.........more

Goodreads review by Olivia

Anyone going into this book expecting it to be simply about a camera is either not very bright, or hasn't done their research. This book, indeed, is not about a camera, at least not in a literal sense. The explanation of the title comes from an interview with Kaysen: "It's a line from a Buñuel movie,......more

Goodreads review by Kelly

Anyone who has had to deal with this painful issue, as I have.. will appreciate what we go though to get a proper diagnoses and treatment and it is nice to know you are not alone......more

Goodreads review by eRin

The book is about Kaysen's vagina. Seriously, that's it--her vagina. It hurts. And hurts. And hurts some more. No one knows what's wrong. She tries wacky things like sitting in tea and she tries antidepressants (and a million other things). Nothing really works. The whole book is her complaining abo......more

Goodreads review by anna

cn: short mention of sexual assault I cannot describe how much this book means to me. reading the reviews from others, who are complaining about the fact that Susanna is constantly talking about her vulva- they clearly don’t understand what the book is about and they also don’t understand how debilit......more

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