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A review by annamerryn
Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness by Susannah Cahalan
5.0
I usually prefer the escapism of fantasy and fiction to the reality of memoir, but something made me pick this up inspite of my prejudice. Susannah Cahalan was a rising journalist at the New York Post when she appeared to have a mental breakdown and spent several months traveling to and from different hospitals, undergoing test after test while doctors and psychiatrists struggled to find a diagnosis. She suffered memory loss during the worst period of her illness and this book is her investigation into what happened to her and her family while she was in hospital.
This book is a starkly honest approach to investigating Susannah's own personal experience of her illness, and I certainly found it as gripping as the abstact promised it would be. It's an emotionally challenging read at times, but I think this is appropriate given the heartbreak surrounding the illness she had - and others are yet to be diagnosed with.
This book is a starkly honest approach to investigating Susannah's own personal experience of her illness, and I certainly found it as gripping as the abstact promised it would be. It's an emotionally challenging read at times, but I think this is appropriate given the heartbreak surrounding the illness she had - and others are yet to be diagnosed with.