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Susannah Cahalan

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Susannah Cahalan is the New York Times bestselling author of "Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness," a memoir about her struggle with a rare autoimmune disease of the brain. She writes for the New York Post. Her work has also been featured in the New York Times, Scientific American Magazine, Glamour, Psychology Today, and others. ...more

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March is Stephen King Month (for me)

HI all,

When I was in St. Louis last month reading at my alma mater Washington University, I stayed in my cousin's room. There, I found a hulking, hardcover copy of "IT" by Stephen King.

I felt drawn to it. It called to me. And even though I think I still have PTSD from watching the 80s TV movie starring a frightening (but really incredible) Tim Curry as the clown, I decided to press forward. And Read more of this blog post »

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Published on March 09, 2013 05:39 • Tags: horror, it, stephen-king, the-shining

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“Sometimes, Just when we need them, life wraps metaphors up in little bows for us. When you think all is lost, the things you need the most return unexpectedly.”
― Susannah Cahalan, Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness

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“We are, in the end, a sum of our parts, and when the body fails, all the virtues we hold dear go with it.”
― Susannah Cahalan, Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness

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“To move foward, you have to leave the past behind”
― Susannah Cahalan, Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness

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It is time to vote on our next Non-Fiction book....below is the nominations. This poll will remain open until April 25th. Thanks for nominating and for voting...

This poll's results were closed, but I am opening them up today. Get your vote in by the end of the day Sunday...

Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy: Four Women Undercover in the Civil War

by Karen Abbott

13 votes, 21.7%

Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania

by Erik Larson

11 votes, 18.3%

This Is Your Brain on Food: An Indispensable Guide to the Surprising Foods that Fight Depression, Anxiety, PTSD, OCD, ADHD, and More

by Uma Naidoo

11 votes, 18.3%

Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life

by Ruth Franklin

10 votes, 16.7%

The Great Pretender: The Undercover Mission That Changed Our Understanding of Madness by

by Susannah Cahalan

6 votes, 10.0%

Hollywood Park

by Mikel Jollett

6 votes, 10.0%

Heavy: An American Memoir

by Kiese Laymon

3 votes, 5.0%

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