false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171988237m/129532.jpg 129532 2 <B>A droll, inquisitive, and poignant memoir of agoraphobia from a member of one of New York's premier literary families</B> <BR><BR> Allen Shawn is afraid of heights, water, fields, parking lots, tunnels, and unknown roads. He avoids taking subways, using elevators, or crossing bridges. In short, he is afraid of both closed and open spaces and of any form of isolation. Yet this is a memoir of enormous bravery. <P> Shawn grew up in a lively but mysterious world. He is the son of the famous, longtime <I>New Yorker</I> editor William Shawn and brother to the brilliant playwright and actor Wallace Shawn. His twin sister is autistic, and when they were eight years old, she was put in a home. Though it was kept from him until he was in his thirties, his father led a double life that introduced strict taboos to his household. Shawn examines these influences, his father's and mother's phobias, and his own struggle with agoraphobia with generosity, wit, and insight, attempting to decipher the psychological and biological puzzles that have plagued him for so long. <P> Interwoven with both Freudian psychology and cutting-edge brain research, Shawn has written a profound examination of familial love and the universal struggle to face our demons. 124754 2007 Wish I Could Be There: Notes from a Phobic Life total:103|5:13|4:31|3:30|2:23|1:6| 103 331 258 39 129532 0670038423 9780670038428 103 39 3.21 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171988237m/129532.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/129532.Wish_I_Could_Be_There_Notes_from_a_Phobic_Life 3 0 false Sat Jan 24 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 25 01:58:12 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 25 02:11:57 -0800 2009
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