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A True Story of Family, Face-Blindness and Forgiveness
by Heather Sellers
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by Anil Ananthaswamy
Published Aug 2016
Read ReviewsA tour of the latest neuroscience of schizophrenia, autism, Alzheimer's disease, ecstatic epilepsy, Cotard's syndrome, out-of-body experiences, and other disordersrevealing the awesome power of the human sense of self from a master of science journalism
by Scott Stossel
Published Feb 2015
Read ReviewsA riveting, revelatory, and moving account of the author's struggles with anxiety, and of the history of efforts by scientists, philosophers, and writers to understand the condition.
by Andrew Solomon
Published Oct 2013
Read ReviewsFar from the Tree is a masterpiece that will rattle our prejudices, question our policies, and inspire our understanding of the relationship between illness and identity. Above all, it will renew and deepen our gratitude for the herculean reach of parental love.
by William Fiennes
Published Sep 2010
Read ReviewsA bittersweet description of an ancient family house in an enchanted setting, and of growing up with a damaged brother.
by Jeannette Walls
Published Jan 2006
Read ReviewsA tender, moving tale of unconditional love in a family that, despite its profound flaws, gave the author the fiery determination to carve out a successful life on her own terms.
by Virginia Holman
Published Mar 2004
Read ReviewsA startling memoir of a daughter's harrowing sojourn in the prison of her mother's mind and a moving portrait of a young woman defined by her mother's illness -- until at last she rekindles a family love that had lost its way.
by Lucy Grealy
Published Mar 2003
Read Reviews'Despite its unblinking stare at an excruciatingly painful subject, this is not a dour book. Autobiography of a Face is a book about image, about the tyranny of the image of a beautiful - or even pleasingly average - face. In the end, this tyranny is not so much overthrown as shrugged off.'
by Susanna Kaysen
Published Apr 1994
Read Reviews"Searing . . . captures an exquisite range of self-awareness between madness and insight."
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