A gripping memoir and medical suspense story about a young New York Post reporter’s struggle with a rare and terrifying disease, opening a new window into the fascinating world of brain science. One day, Susannah Cahalan woke up in a strange hospital room, strapped to her bed, under guard, and unable to move or speak. Her medical records—from a month-long hospital stay o...
A gripping memoir and medical suspense story about a young New York Post reporter’s struggle with a rare and terrifying disease, opening a new window into the fascinating world of brain science. One day, Susannah Cahalan woke up in a strange hospital room, strapped to her bed, under guard, and unable to move or speak. Her medical records—from a month-long hospital stay of which she had no memory—showed psychosis, violence, and dangerous instability. Yet, only weeks earlier she had been a healthy, ambitious twenty-four year old, six months into her first serious relationship and a sparkling career as a cub reporter. Susannah’s astonishing memoir chronicles the swift path of her illness and the lucky, last-minute intervention led by one of the few doctors capable of saving her life. As weeks ticked by and Susannah moved inexplicably from violence to catatonia, $1 million worth of blood tests and brain scans revealed nothing. The exhausted doctors were ready to commit her to the psychiatric ward, in effect condemning her to a lifetime of institutions, or death, until Dr. Souhel Najjar—nicknamed Dr. House—joined her team. He asked Susannah to draw one simple sketch, which became key to diagnosing her with a newly discovered autoimmune disease in which her body was attacking her brain, an illness now thought to be the cause of “demonic possessions” throughout history. With sharp reporting drawn from hospital records, scientific research, and interviews with doctors and family, Brain on Fire is a crackling mystery and an unflinching, gripping personal story that marks the debut of an extraordinary writer.
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苏珊娜•卡哈兰
在《纽约邮报》做调查记者长达十年之久，她的作品亦曾见诸《纽约时报》、《美国科学》和英国版《魅力》杂志。她凭借“我的疯狂岁月”一文获得美国“志留人协会”（Society of Silurians）新闻专题奖，并在该文的基础上写作本小说。
Bought this in Seattle airport. She is a reporter and had a brain disease on Brain that everyone thought she is mad and could not figure out what's wrong with her brain. She is very sick and her paren...Bought this in Seattle airport. She is a reporter and had a brain disease on Brain that everyone thought she is mad and could not figure out what's wrong with her brain. She is very sick and her parent saved her, the brave part about her is to find out the truth after she recovered and wrote this book to public her story to everyone. (展开)
The most inspirational note the book conveys is that If one day everybody around me say I am crazy, I will turn a blind eye to them and grab the latest flight to America and find the doctor who cured ...The most inspirational note the book conveys is that If one day everybody around me say I am crazy, I will turn a blind eye to them and grab the latest flight to America and find the doctor who cured the author before I was put into the nuthouse by those who questioned my mental health.(展开)
The most inspirational note the book conveys is that If one day everybody around me say I am crazy, I will turn a blind eye to them and grab the latest flight to America and find the doctor who cured ...The most inspirational note the book conveys is that If one day everybody around me say I am crazy, I will turn a blind eye to them and grab the latest flight to America and find the doctor who cured the author before I was put into the nuthouse by those who questioned my mental health.(展开)
Bought this in Seattle airport. She is a reporter and had a brain disease on Brain that everyone thought she is mad and could not figure out what's wrong with her brain. She is very sick and her paren...Bought this in Seattle airport. She is a reporter and had a brain disease on Brain that everyone thought she is mad and could not figure out what's wrong with her brain. She is very sick and her parent saved her, the brave part about her is to find out the truth after she recovered and wrote this book to public her story to everyone. (展开)
finished book on 5 flights. didn't read a page when not in air.. what I like about the book is 1, easy to read. 2, interesting, things related to brain mul-function . 3, reminded me of my own experience. not that I was mad before. i used to go to hospita...
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Anti-NMDA-receptor encephalitis: a multistage disease that varies wildly in its presentation as it progresses. What's left, then, is a journalist's inquiry into the deepest part of the self --- personality, memory, identity --- in an attempt to pick up and ...
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加冰七分糖
Simon & Schuster2013版
苍苍
凌宸
行路2023版
YUANYUAN
中信出版社2018版
Stray bird
0 有用 蟹黄豆腐 2013-05-11 16:31:06
前面感觉是故事会，到后面就感觉自己在读青少年科学读物了
0 有用 amyli1005 2014-02-10 18:40:29
Bought this in Seattle airport. She is a reporter and had a brain disease on Brain that everyone thought she is mad and could not figure out what's wrong with her brain. She is very sick and her paren... Bought this in Seattle airport. She is a reporter and had a brain disease on Brain that everyone thought she is mad and could not figure out what's wrong with her brain. She is very sick and her parent saved her, the brave part about her is to find out the truth after she recovered and wrote this book to public her story to everyone. (展开)
0 有用 kittyin 2013-02-17 11:01:57
有点儿像从病人角度描述的加长版house剧集 后半段写的更informative更紧凑更有意思
0 有用 MMDou 2018-01-04 10:32:13
The most inspirational note the book conveys is that If one day everybody around me say I am crazy, I will turn a blind eye to them and grab the latest flight to America and find the doctor who cured ... The most inspirational note the book conveys is that If one day everybody around me say I am crazy, I will turn a blind eye to them and grab the latest flight to America and find the doctor who cured the author before I was put into the nuthouse by those who questioned my mental health. (展开)
1 有用 Stray bird 2015-07-27 23:39:15
回国的飞机上一口气读完这本传记，一段不可思议的疯狂经历，记者的文笔很好，扣人心弦，富有深度，读后感动了很久。Too much light has come out of my darkness. 期待建军大舅和超杀女莫瑞兹主演的同名电影！
0 有用 MMDou 2018-01-04 10:32:13
The most inspirational note the book conveys is that If one day everybody around me say I am crazy, I will turn a blind eye to them and grab the latest flight to America and find the doctor who cured ... The most inspirational note the book conveys is that If one day everybody around me say I am crazy, I will turn a blind eye to them and grab the latest flight to America and find the doctor who cured the author before I was put into the nuthouse by those who questioned my mental health. (展开)
1 有用 Stray bird 2015-07-27 23:39:15
回国的飞机上一口气读完这本传记，一段不可思议的疯狂经历，记者的文笔很好，扣人心弦，富有深度，读后感动了很久。Too much light has come out of my darkness. 期待建军大舅和超杀女莫瑞兹主演的同名电影！
0 有用 amyli1005 2014-02-10 18:40:29
Bought this in Seattle airport. She is a reporter and had a brain disease on Brain that everyone thought she is mad and could not figure out what's wrong with her brain. She is very sick and her paren... Bought this in Seattle airport. She is a reporter and had a brain disease on Brain that everyone thought she is mad and could not figure out what's wrong with her brain. She is very sick and her parent saved her, the brave part about her is to find out the truth after she recovered and wrote this book to public her story to everyone. (展开)
0 有用 蟹黄豆腐 2013-05-11 16:31:06
前面感觉是故事会，到后面就感觉自己在读青少年科学读物了
0 有用 kittyin 2013-02-17 11:01:57
有点儿像从病人角度描述的加长版house剧集 后半段写的更informative更紧凑更有意思