The Beginning of Everything - Couverture rigide

Buchanan, Andrea J

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1681776723 ISBN 13 : 9781681776729

Editeur : Pegasus Books, 2018

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

A real-life neurological mystery and captivating story of reinvention by the author of The Daring Book for Girls.

Andrea Buchanan lost her mind while crossing the street one day. Suffering from a horrible cough, she inhaled the cold March air, and choked. She was choking on a lot that day. A sick son. A pending divorce. The guilt of failing, as a partner, as a mother. Relieved when the coughing abated, she thought it was over. She could not have been more wrong.

When Andrea coughed that day, a small tear was ripped in her dura mater, the membrane that covers the brain and spinal cord. But she didn't know that yet. Instead, she went on with her day, unaware that her cerebrospinal fluid was already beginning to leak out of that tiny tear.

What followed was nine months of pain and confusion as her brain no longer cushioned by a healthy waterbed of fluid sank to the bottom of her skull. There was brain fog and cognitive impairment to the point where she could not even make sense of the most basic concepts. At a time when she needed to be as clear-thinking as possible, she was trapped by her brain.

The mind-brain connection is one of the greatest mysteries of the human condition. In some folklore, the fluid around the brain is where consciousness begins. Here, in the pages of The Beginning of Everything, Andrea seeks to understand: Where was "I" when I wasn t there?

Biographie de l'auteur :

Andrea J. Buchanan is a New York Times bestselling author whose latest book is the multimedia young adult novel Gift. Her other work includes the bestselling The Daring Book for Girls, Mother Shock, and six other books. Before becoming a writer, Andrea trained as a pianist, at the Boston Conservatory of Music and received her master's from the San Francisco Conservatory. Her last recital was at Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall. She lives with her family in Philadelphia.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Pegasus Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1681776723
• ISBN 13: 9781681776729
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 304