Her medical records-from a month-long hospital stay of which she had no memory-showed psychosis, violence, and dangerous instability. One day, Susannah Cahalan woke up in a strange hospital room, strapped to her bed, under guard, and unable to move or speak. Wish us luck!Ī gripping memoir and medical suspense story about a young New York Post reporter’s struggle with a rare and terrifying disease, opening a new window into the fascinating world of brain science. Tomorrow, Ana will post her Dare, Gossip of the Forest by Sara Maitland (about the intertwined relationship between fairy tales and actual forests). Thea takes on Brain on Fire by Susannah Cahalan (a memoir/medical thriller about a young journalist recounting the months of illness and diagnosis of a rare autoimmune disorder). This time, in a true testament of strength, we’ve both agreed to review a category completely outside of our comfort zones: nonfiction. Today, the dare is a little bit different. For no real reason, we stopped doing those until we decided to bring it back this year. Years ago, we had a regular feature called The Dare (and its sibling, the Guest Dare) in which we dared each other to read books outside of our comfort zone.
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