Brain On Fire
de Cahalan, Susannah
One day in 2009, twenty-four-year-old Susannah Cahalan woke up alone in a strange hospital room, strapped to her bed, under guard, and unable to move or speak. A wristband marked her as a “flight risk,” and her medical records—chronicling a month-long hospital stay of which she had no memory at all—showed hallucinations, violence, and dangerous instability. Only weeks earlier, Susannah had been on the threshold of a new, adult life: a healthy, ambitious college grad a few months into her first serious relationship and a promising career as a cub reporter at a major New York newspaper. Who was the stranger who had taken over her body? What was happening to her mind? In this swift and breathtaking narrative, Susannah tells the astonishing true story of her inexplicable descent into madness and the brilliant, lifesaving diagnosis that nearly didn’t happen. A team of doctors would spend a month—and more than a million dollars—trying desperately to pin down a medical explanation for what had gone wrong. Meanwhile, as the days passed and her family, boyfriend, and friends helplessly stood watch by her bed, she began to move inexorably through psychosis into catatonia and, ultimately, toward death. Yet even as this period nearly tore her family apart, it offered an extraordinary testament to their faith in Susannah and their refusal to let her go. Then, at the last minute, celebrated neurologist Souhel Najjar joined her team and, with the help of a lucky, ingenious test, saved her life. He recognized the symptoms of a newly discovered autoimmune disorder in which the body attacks the brain, a disease now thought to be tied to both schizophrenia and autism, and perhaps the root of “demonic possessions” throughout history. Far more than simply a riveting read and a crackling medical mystery, Brain on Fire is the powerful account of one woman’s struggle to recapture her identity and to rediscover herself among the fragments left behind. Using all her considerable journalistic skills, and building from hospital records and surveillance video, interviews with family and friends, and excerpts from the deeply moving journal her father kept during her illness, Susannah pieces together the story of her “lost month” to write an unforgettable memoir about memory and identity, faith and love. It is an important, profoundly compelling tale of survival and perseverance that is destined to become a classic.
Reseñas
¡Reseña este libro y entrarás en un sorteo para ganar $50!
Ejemplares disponibles
![Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/713/162/1563162713.0.m.jpg)
Más fotos
Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness
de CAHALAN, Susannah
- Estado
- Usado - Fine
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Fine
- Published
- 2012
- Encuadernación
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9781451621372
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Librería
-
Gloucester City, New Jersey, USA
- Precio
-
EUR 94.74
Mostrar detalles
Descripción:
New York: Free Press, 2012. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. 264pp. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Signed by the author. Precio
EUR 94.74
![No hay imagen](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/i/en20/no-book-image.png)
Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness
de Cahalan, Susannah
- Estado
- Usado - Acceptable
- Published
- 2013-08-06
- Encuadernación
- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9781451621389
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Librería
-
Denton, Texas, USA
- Precio
-
EUR 3.79
Mostrar detalles
Descripción:
Simon & Schuster, 2013-08-06. Paperback. Acceptable. 0.7480 in x 8.3465 in x 5.4724 in. Rough shape. Contains water or spine damage. Still a usable copy. May contain highlighting/underlining/notes/etc. May have used stickers on cover. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed to be included with used books. Minor damage to parts of text, may include water or spine… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
EUR 3.79
![No hay imagen](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/i/en20/no-book-image.png)
Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness
de Cahalan, Susannah
- Estado
- Usado - Acceptable
- Published
- 2013-08-06
- Encuadernación
- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9781451621389
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Librería
-
Kingwood, Texas, USA
- Precio
-
EUR 4.88
Mostrar detalles
Descripción:
Simon & Schuster, 2013-08-06. Paperback. Acceptable. 5x0x8. Precio
EUR 4.88
![No hay imagen](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/i/en20/no-book-image.png)
Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness
de Cahalan, Susannah
- Estado
- Usado - Good
- Published
- 2013-08-06
- Encuadernación
- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9781451621389
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Librería
-
Kingwood, Texas, USA
- Precio
-
EUR 4.88
Mostrar detalles
Descripción:
Simon & Schuster, 2013-08-06. Paperback. Good. 8x5x0. Precio
EUR 4.88
![No hay imagen](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/i/en20/no-book-image.png)
Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness
de Cahalan, Susannah
- Estado
- Usado - Very Good
- Edición
- Reprint
- Published
- 8/6/2013
- Encuadernación
- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9781451621389
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Librería
-
McKeesport, Pennsylvania, USA
- Precio
-
EUR 1.89
Mostrar detalles
Descripción:
Simon & Schuster, 8/6/2013. Reprint. paperback. Very Good. 5x0x8. Very Good Condition - May show some limited signs of wear and may have a remainder mark. Pages and dust cover are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. Precio
EUR 1.89
![Brain on Fire : My Month of Madness](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/162/800/1331800162.0.m.jpg)
Brain on Fire : My Month of Madness
de Susannah Cahalan
- Estado
- Usado - Acceptable
- Published
- 2012
- Encuadernación
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9781451621372
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Librería
-
Seattle, Washington, USA
- Precio
-
EUR 5.67
Mostrar detalles
Descripción:
Free Press, 2012. Hardcover. Acceptable. Disclaimer:Former library book; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Precio
EUR 5.67
![Brain on Fire : My Month of Madness](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/539/569/1182569539.0.m.jpg)
Brain on Fire : My Month of Madness
de Susannah Cahalan
- Estado
- Usado - Good
- Published
- 2012
- Encuadernación
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9781451621372
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Librería
-
Seattle, Washington, USA
- Precio
-
EUR 5.67
Mostrar detalles
Descripción:
Free Press, 2012. Hardcover. Good. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Precio
EUR 5.67
![Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/981/674/1548674981.0.m.jpg)
Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness
de Cahalan, Susannah
- Estado
- Usado - Very Good
- Published
- 2013
- Encuadernación
- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9781451621389
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Librería
-
Maplewood, Missouri, USA
- Precio
-
EUR 13.26
Mostrar detalles
Descripción:
Simon and Schuster, 2013. Very good trade paperback. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Precio
EUR 13.26
![Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/835/760/1582760835.0.m.jpg)
Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness
de Susannah Cahalan
- Estado
- Usado - Very Good Condition
- Published
- 2013
- Encuadernación
- Softcover
- ISBN
- 9781846147746
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Librería
-
Bowral, New South Wales, AUS
- Precio
-
EUR 9.46
Mostrar detalles
Descripción:
Particular Books, Australia, 2013. Softcover. Very Good Condition. My first serious blackout marked the line between sanity and insanity. Though I would have moments of lucidity over the coming days and weeks, I would never again be the same person ...' Susannah Cahalan was a happy, clever, healthy twenty-four-year old. Then one day she woke… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
EUR 9.46
![Brain on Fire : My Month of Madness](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/669/291/1183291669.0.m.jpg)
Brain on Fire : My Month of Madness
de Susannah Cahalan
- Estado
- Usado - Good
- Published
- 2012
- Encuadernación
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9781451621372
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Librería
-
Seattle, Washington, USA
- Precio
-
EUR 5.67
Mostrar detalles
Descripción:
Free Press, 2012. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Precio
EUR 5.67
![No hay imagen](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/i/en20/no-book-image.png)
Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness
de Cahalan, Susannah
- Estado
- Usado - Good
- Published
- 2013
- Encuadernación
- Soft cover
- ISBN
- 9781451621389
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Librería
-
Darwin, Northern Territory, AUS
- Precio
-
EUR 8.42
Mostrar detalles
Descripción:
Simon & Schuster, 2013 Precio
EUR 8.42
![Brain on Fire : My Month of Madness](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/096/735/1185735096.0.m.jpg)
Brain on Fire : My Month of Madness
de Susannah Cahalan
- Estado
- Usado - Acceptable
- Published
- 2012
- Encuadernación
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9781451621372
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Librería
-
Seattle, Washington, USA
- Precio
-
EUR 5.67
Mostrar detalles
Descripción:
Free Press, 2012. Hardcover. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Precio
EUR 5.67
![Brain on Fire : My Month of Madness](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/020/666/1182666020.0.m.jpg)
Brain on Fire : My Month of Madness
de Susannah Cahalan
- Estado
- Usado - Good
- Published
- 2012
- Encuadernación
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9781451621372
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Librería
-
Seattle, Washington, USA
- Precio
-
EUR 5.67
Mostrar detalles
Descripción:
Free Press, 2012. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Precio
EUR 5.67
![No hay imagen](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/i/en20/no-book-image.png)
Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness
de Cahalan, Susannah
- Estado
- Usado - Acceptable
- Published
- 2013-08-06
- Encuadernación
- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9781451621389
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Librería
-
Memphis, Tennessee, USA
- Precio
-
EUR 4.84
Mostrar detalles
Descripción:
Simon & Schuster, 2013-08-06. Paperback. Acceptable. 8x5x0. Precio
EUR 4.84
![Brain on Fire](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/690/464/1080464690.0.m.jpg)
Más fotos
Brain on Fire
de Susannah Cahalan
- Estado
- Usado - Very Good
- Published
- 2013
- Encuadernación
- Trade Paperback
- ISBN
- 9781451621389
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Librería
-
Brooklyn, New York, USA
- Precio
-
EUR 13.25
Mostrar detalles
Descripción:
CAHALAN, Susannah: Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness. New York, Simon and Schuster, 2013. Originally published in hardcover in 2012. Trade Paperback, 266 pp. Subject: Nonfiction / Memoir / Autobiography / Mental Health / Mental Illness. Condition: Very Good. Light wear, creasing to corners evident. Pages unmarked and clean. "An award-winning memoir and instant New York Times bestseller that… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
EUR 13.25
![Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/123/087/1506087123.0.m.jpg)
Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness
de Cahalan, Susannah
- Estado
- Usado - Good
- Published
- 2013-08-06T00:00:01Z
- Encuadernación
- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9781451621389
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Librería
-
Springfield, Virginia, USA
- Precio
-
EUR 4.57
Mostrar detalles
Descripción:
Simon & Schuster, 2013-08-06T00:00:01Z. paperback. Good. 88x12x134. Good condition.No marking/highlighting.Cover and pages may show some wear.Not Satisfied? Contact us to get a refund. Precio
EUR 4.57
![Brain On Fire ( My Month Of Madness )](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/377/729/919729377.0.m.jpg)
Brain On Fire ( My Month Of Madness )
de Susannah Cahalan
- Estado
- Usado - Very Good
- Published
- 2013
- Encuadernación
- Soft Cover
- ISBN
- 9781451621389
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Librería
-
krotz springs, Louisiana, USA
- Precio
-
EUR 3.55
Mostrar detalles
Descripción:
2013. Soft Cover. Very Good. Not Ex-Library Copy.Trade Paperback Edition.Good Copy.Binding Is Solid.Text Unmarked.Not Ex-Library Copy.Corners Slightly Bumped. Precio
EUR 3.55
![Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/774/072/1469072774.0.m.jpg)
Más fotos
Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness
de Cahalan, Susannah
- Estado
- As New
- Published
- 2013
- Encuadernación
- Trade Paperback
- ISBN
- 9781451621389
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Librería
-
Edmonton, Alberta, CAN
- Precio
-
EUR 14.16
Mostrar detalles
Descripción:
Simon + Schuster Inc., 2013. Trade Paperback. As New. As New - May Have Minor Shelf Wear To The Edges. For More Information On Condition. - Please See All Photos. - An Award-Winning Memoir And Instant New York Times Bestseller That Goes Far Beyond Its Riveting Medical Mystery, Brain On Fire Is The… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
EUR 14.16
![Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/476/808/1483808476.0.m.jpg)
Más fotos
Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness
de Cahalan, Susannah
- Estado
- Usado - Fine
- Edición
- Advance Reader's Copy
- Published
- 2012
- Encuadernación
- Soft cover
- ISBN
- 9781451621372
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Librería
-
La Mesa, California, USA
- Precio
-
EUR 9.47
Mostrar detalles
Descripción:
New York, New York: Free Press, 2012. Advance Reader's Copy . Soft cover. Fine. True, first-person account of the author's frightening descent into the depths of mental illness at age 24, when she found herself snatched out of her "normal" life as an investigative journalist & trapped in restraints in a mental hospital, hallucinating wildly. 264 pages. An… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
EUR 9.47
![Brain on Fire : My Month of Madness](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/172/953/1356953172.0.m.jpg)
Brain on Fire : My Month of Madness
de Susannah Cahalan
- Estado
- Usado - Acceptable
- Published
- 2012
- Encuadernación
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9781451621372
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Librería
-
Seattle, Washington, USA
- Precio
-
EUR 5.67
Mostrar detalles
Descripción:
Free Press, 2012. Hardcover. Acceptable. Disclaimer:A readable copy. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. Pages can include considerable notes-in pen or highlighter-but the notes cannot obscure the text. The dust jacket is missing. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Precio
EUR 5.67