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In this profound and thought-provoking book, Hustvedt tells the reader of when speaking speaking at a memorial event for her father, she suffered a violent seizure from the neck down and questions whether it was triggered triggered by nerves, emotion - or something else entirely? Conveying the often frightening mysteries of illness, this is a journey through psychiatry, philosophy, neuroscience and medical history in search of a diagnosis.
Synopsis
By the bestselling author of WHAT I LOVED, an intimate and enlightening account of her search for the key to her mysterious nervous disorder, which brilliantly illuminates the connection between mind and body.
