Memoirs Too Powerful to Put Down
Real stories, real women, real lessons that will
shake you up and set you back down—changed for the better (and
stronger).
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Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness
By Susannah Cahalan
288 pages;
Free Press
The true story of a 24-year-old journalist's battle against a rare illness that ravages her brain and baffles her doctors.
— Abbe Wright
Published 10/25/2012