Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness
- ISBN-10
- 145162137X
- ISBN-13
- 9781451621372
- Series
- Brain On Fire
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography
- Pages
- 280
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2012-11-13
- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster
- Author
- Susannah Cahalan
Description
The story of twenty-four-year-old Susannah Cahalan and the life-saving discovery of the autoimmune disorder that nearly killed her -- and that could perhaps be the root of "demonic possessions" throughout history.
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