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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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	Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness 4.07 avg rating — 193,440 ratings — published 2012 — 56 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Great Pretender: The Undercover Mission That Changed Our Understanding of Madness 3.64 avg rating — 9,838 ratings — published 2019 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by Susannah Cahalan

“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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Which of these books would you prefer to read as the September book club selection?

Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness by Susannah Cahalan

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Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis by J.D. Vance

3 votes, 30.0%

Killing Kate by Alex Lake

1 vote, 10.0%

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