Brain on Fire was the only nonfiction selection on the panel, and the book that I was most excited to get my hands on. The Editor’s Buzz panel is cool feature of BEA - editors for five big books coming out this year get to talk about why they think the book is great. In Brain on Fire, Cahalan reconstructs her month of madness through medical records, interviews with friends and family, and a journal her father kept throughout her ordeal to tell a story of what happens when our brains betray us.īrain on Fire first came to my attention when it was featured at the Editor’s Buzz panel at Book Expo America. A month later, Cahalan woke up strapped to a hospital bed, unable to move or speak, after a terrifying autoimmune disorder almost took her mind and her life. Review: At 24 years old, Susannah Cahalan was poised to begin her adult life, setting out on her first post-college job and just settling into her first serious relationship.
Title: Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness
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