January Meeting for Keepin It Real Nonfiction book club. Join us as we discuss "Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness" by Susannah Cahalan.
Join us as we discuss "Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness" by Susannah Cahalan.
"In 2009, the New York Post reporter, then 24, was hospitalized after — there's really no other way to put it — losing her mind. In addition to the violent seizures, she was wracked by terrifying hallucinations, intense mood swings, insomnia and fierce paranoia. Cahalan spent a month in the hospital, barely recognizable to her friends and family, before doctors diagnosed her with a rare autoimmune disorder. "Her brain is on fire," one doctor tells her family. "Her brain is under attack by her own body."" -NPR
Copies of the book can be picked up at the second floor desk of the Main Library: 1703 Orrington Avenue, Evanston, IL 60201.
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