But as her condition worsened, the stakes grew higher, and the race to find an answer became a matter of life and death.

Plagued by auditory hallucinations and memory loss, doctors dismissed her condition with a diagnosis of partying too hard and stress. Brain On Fire My Month of Madness by Susannah Cahalan Paperback, 266 pages purchase It's a cold March night in New York, and journalist Susannah Cahalan is watching PBS with her boyfriend. Then, almost overnight, this ingénue went from one of the Post's most reliable reporters to an unstable, paranoid shell of her former self. Fresh out of journalism school and ready to embark on adult life, Susannah (Chloë Grace Moretz) already seemed to have it all: her dream job at the New York Post, supportive co-workers (Tyler Perry and Jenny Slate), a devoted boyfriend (Thomas Mann), and a loving family (Richard Armitage and Carrie-Anne Moss). Based on the book, 'Brain On Fire', the true story of Susannah Cahalan, a journalist for the New York Post. Read 14,418 reviews from the worlds largest community for readers. An award-winning memoir and instant New York Times bestseller tha. Brain on Fire Binding: Paperback Fiction/ Nonfiction: Nonfiction Subject: Biography and Autobiography Annotation: An award-winning memoir and instant New.

Based on Cahalan's bestselling memoir Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness, director Gerard Barrett's adaptation captures the horrifying experience of one woman's unexplained descent into madness and the medical miracle it took to pull her back from the brink. Read 14,418 reviews from the worlds largest community for readers. One morning, 24-year-old Susannah Cahalan woke up in a hospital bed. The true story of how my husband, Stephen, and I exchanged our first I love yous - chronicled in my 2012 memoir Brain on Fire - occurred deep in a.

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