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Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness

Susannah Cahalan

Start date: February 1, 2021

Finish date: February 16, 2021

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Brain on Fire My Month of Madness by Susannah Cahalan
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Jul 25, 2015 Diana Long rated it it was amazing

In this non fiction work the author takes the reader through her journey from the on set of the strange illness, the search for the cause of it and finally the cure. I found it an incredible and detailed account of a woman, with the support of her family and friends, a doctor who cared enough to locate the villain of this story, who together refused to give up. There are two benefits I can immediately see from this work, bringing awareness to the disease and also as part of the healing process f ...more

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