Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness
(Adobe EPUB eBook, Kindle Book, OverDrive Read)
Description
NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING CHLOË GRACE MORETZ
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.
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.
Formats
Adobe EPUB eBook
Works on all eReaders (except Kindles), desktop computers and mobile devices with reading apps installed.
Kindle Book
Works on Kindles and devices with a Kindle app installed.
OverDrive Read
Need Help?
If you are having problem transferring a title to your device, please fill out this support form or visit the library so we can help you to use our eBooks and eAudio Books.
If you are having problem transferring a title to your device, please fill out this support form or visit the library so we can help you to use our eBooks and eAudio Books.
More Copies In LINK+
Loading LINK+ Copies...
More Details
Format:
Adobe EPUB eBook, Kindle Book, OverDrive Read
Street Date:
11/13/2012
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781451621396
ASIN:
B007EDOKZW
Reviews from GoodReads
Loading GoodReads Reviews.
Citations
APA Citation (style guide)
Susannah Cahalan. (2012). Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness. Free Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Susannah Cahalan. 2012. Brain On Fire: My Month of Madness. Free Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Susannah Cahalan, Brain On Fire: My Month of Madness. Free Press, 2012.
MLA Citation (style guide)Susannah Cahalan. Brain On Fire: My Month of Madness. Free Press, 2012.
Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
Copy Details
| Library | Owned | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Shared Digital Collection | 1 | 0 |
There are 5 holds on this title.
Staff View
Grouped Work ID:
f7c5a5cd-42d1-e793-0e7f-39a5e594d888
Needs Update?:
No
Date Added:
Jun 12, 2018 17:30:43
Date Updated:
Nov 07, 2022 21:32:19
Last Metadata Check:
Apr 16, 2024 07:56:40
Last Metadata Change:
Feb 03, 2024 18:49:49
Last Availability Check:
Apr 16, 2024 07:56:41
Last Availability Change:
Apr 16, 2024 07:56:41
Last Grouped Work Modification Time:
Apr 17, 2024 16:47:00
OverDrive Product Record
- images
- cover:
- href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-100/0439-1/{F561F099-9CDE-4CBE-B13F-7B9842F03C30}IMG100.JPG
- type: image/jpeg
- thumbnail:
- href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-200/0439-1/{F561F099-9CDE-4CBE-B13F-7B9842F03C30}IMG200.JPG
- type: image/jpeg
- cover150Wide:
- href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-150/0439-1/{F561F099-9CDE-4CBE-B13F-7B9842F03C30}IMG150.JPG
- type: image/jpeg
- cover300Wide:
- href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-400/0439-1/{F561F099-9CDE-4CBE-B13F-7B9842F03C30}IMG400.JPG
- type: image/jpeg
- cover:
- formats
- identifiers:
- type: ISBN
- value: 9781451621396
- name: Adobe EPUB eBook
- id: ebook-epub-adobe
- identifiers:
- identifiers:
- type: ASIN
- value: B007EDOKZW
- name: Kindle Book
- id: ebook-kindle
- identifiers:
- identifiers:
- type: ISBN
- value: 9781451621396
- name: OverDrive Read
- id: ebook-overdrive
- identifiers:
- mediaType
- eBook
- primaryCreator
- role: Author
- name: Susannah Cahalan
- title
- Brain on Fire
- dateAdded
- 2015-01-23T18:05:00Z
- contentDetails
- href: https://link.overdrive.com/?websiteID=141&titleID=1203865
- type: text/html
- account:
- name: Sacramento Public Library (CA)
- id: 1151
- sortTitle
- Brain on Fire My Month of Madness
- crossRefId
- 1203865
- subtitle
- My Month of Madness
- id
- F561F099-9CDE-4CBE-B13F-7B9842F03C30
- starRating
- 4.1
OverDrive MetaData
- isPublicDomain
- False
- formats
- fileName: BrainonFire_9781451621396_1203865
- partCount: 0
- fileSize: 3602124
- identifiers:
- type: ISBN
- value: 9781451621396
- rights:
- type: Copying
- value: 0
- type: Printing
- value: 0
- type: Lending
- value: 0
- type: ReadAloud
- value: 0
- type: ExpirationRights
- value: 0
- name: Adobe EPUB eBook
- isReadAlong: False
- id: ebook-epub-adobe
- onSaleDate: 11/13/2012
- samples:
- source: From the book
- formatType: ebook-overdrive
- url: https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=F561F099-9CDE-4CBE-B13F-7B9842F03C30&.epub-sample.overdrive.com
- fileName: BrainonFire_1203865
- partCount: 0
- fileSize: 0
- identifiers:
- type: ASIN
- value: B007EDOKZW
- name: Kindle Book
- isReadAlong: False
- id: ebook-kindle
- onSaleDate: 11/13/2012
- samples:
- source: From the book
- formatType: ebook-overdrive
- url: https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=F561F099-9CDE-4CBE-B13F-7B9842F03C30&.epub-sample.overdrive.com
- fileName: BrainonFire_9781451621396_1203865
- partCount: 0
- fileSize: 0
- identifiers:
- type: ISBN
- value: 9781451621396
- name: OverDrive Read
- isReadAlong: False
- id: ebook-overdrive
- onSaleDate: 11/13/2012
- samples:
- source: From the book
- formatType: ebook-overdrive
- url: https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=F561F099-9CDE-4CBE-B13F-7B9842F03C30&.epub-sample.overdrive.com
- creators
- role: Author
- fileAs: Cahalan, Susannah
- bioText: 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.
- name: Susannah Cahalan
- publishDate
- 2012-11-13T00:00:00-05:00
- isOwnedByCollections
- True
- title
- Brain on Fire
- fullDescription
- NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING CHLOË GRACE MORETZ
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. - reviews
- premium: True
- source:
- content:
September 24, 2012
In 2009, Cahalan was in a serious relationship and her career as a reporter at the New York Post was taking off. But suddenly, as she tells it in this engaging memoir, she began suffering from a bizarre amalgam of debilitating symptoms including memory loss, paranoia, and severe psychosis that left her in a catatonic state that moved her close to death. Physicians remained baffled until one extraordinary doctor determined that Cahalan was “in the grip of some kind of autoimmune disease.” Released from the hospital after 28 days, she had no memory of her stay there. DVDs recorded in the hospital were the only link she had to her startling condition. “Without this electronic evidence, I could never have imagined myself capable of such madness and misery,” she writes. Focusing her journalistic toolbox on her story, Cahalan untangles the medical mystery surrounding her condition. She is dogged by one question: “How many other people throughout history suffered from my disease and others like it but went untreated? The question is made more pressing by the knowledge that even though the disease was discovered in 2007, some doctors I spoke to believe that it’s been around at least as long as humanity has.” A fast-paced and well-researched trek through a medical mystery to a hard-won recovery.
- popularity
- 2516
- links
- self:
- href: https://api.overdrive.com/v1/collections/v1L1BWwAAAA2I/products/f561f099-9cde-4cbe-b13f-7b9842f03c30/metadata
- type: application/vnd.overdrive.api+json
- self:
- id
- f561f099-9cde-4cbe-b13f-7b9842f03c30
- starRating
- 4.1
- images
- cover:
- href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-100/0439-1/{F561F099-9CDE-4CBE-B13F-7B9842F03C30}IMG100.JPG
- type: image/jpeg
- thumbnail:
- href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-200/0439-1/{F561F099-9CDE-4CBE-B13F-7B9842F03C30}IMG200.JPG
- type: image/jpeg
- cover150Wide:
- href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-150/0439-1/{F561F099-9CDE-4CBE-B13F-7B9842F03C30}IMG150.JPG
- type: image/jpeg
- cover300Wide:
- href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-400/0439-1/{F561F099-9CDE-4CBE-B13F-7B9842F03C30}IMG400.JPG
- type: image/jpeg
- cover:
- isPublicPerformanceAllowed
- False
- languages
- code: en
- name: English
- subjects
- value: Biography & Autobiography
- value: Medical
- value: Nonfiction
- publishDateText
- 11/13/2012
- otherFormatIdentifiers
- type: ISBN
- value: 9781982109486
- mediaType
- eBook
- shortDescription
- NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING CHLOË GRACE MORETZ
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... - sortTitle
- Brain on Fire My Month of Madness
- crossRefId
- 1203865
- subtitle
- My Month of Madness
- publisher
- Free Press
- bisacCodes
- code: BIO017000
- description: Biography & Autobiography / Medical
- code: BIO026000
- description: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Memoirs
- code: MED022000
- description: Medical / Diseases
