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Susannah Cahalan

BRAIN ON FIRE

Author:      Susannah Cahalan

Published: 2012

Genre:        Memoir

Cover:        Paperback

Pages:        252

Susannah Cahalan describes the severe and rare illness she suffered that began in 2009 as she worked as a journalist for the New York Post, the oldest newspaper in the country, founded in 1801,by Alexander Hamilton.

 

In 2009, during the bedbug scare in NYC, Susannah woke with a red mark from a bug bite on her arm.

The story of her rare illness follows as she details the very strange pathology, hospitalizations and related illnesses she endured.

An interesting and well written memoir.

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