First published 2012
Susannah Cahalan wakes up strapped to a hospital bed, unable to speak. Her medical records reveal a lost month, a terrifying blank. A neurologist diagnoses a rare autoimmune disorder ravaging her brain. As Susannah fights to piece together her fragmented identity, she must confront the fragility of the mind and the resilience of the human spirit.
Genres: mental-health, medical, non-fiction, biography-memoir
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: unreliable-narrator
Setting: United States
Period: 2012
266 pages · Paperback · Simon & Schuster
Content warnings: medical-trauma, mental-illness