![]() ![]() Then, on the shelf above I find a copy flaunting a cover that doubles as an advert for the Netflix adaptation. I run the titles once, twice, it’s not there. I traced the shelves until I came to the crammed corner of testimonials, as I think of them, given far too little space. To my sense of order and categorization and based on my knowledge of what the book was about – a memoir of “madness” – psychology seemed appropriate. When I went to find a copy of Brain on Fire at what is generously called a book store during these dark digital days, I wove through the aisles to the psychology section. Brain on Fire, compelling as it is, leaves the reader with an unusual question: Is Cahalan’s work aiming to be a medical memoir, examining her rare condition through the lens of neurology? Or is the book truly a matter of psychology? Nuanced as the distinction between the two might be, it is critical, and colors entirely the readers experience. In June of 2018, Netflix adapted Brain on Fire to film staring Chloë Grace Moretz. Strubberg reviews the 2012 New York Times bestselling autobiography Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness, by New York Post writer Susannah Cahalan. In this installation of Neuronomics, Kristen E. ![]()
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