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Nancy Bachrach
Dear Librarian, My parents were in their fifties, asleep on their boat, when a carbon monoxide leak killed my father. My mother — whose prior medical history read like the chapter headings of a psychiatric manual — was on death's waiting list, in a coma. Yet somehow she survived. Then miraculously, the poison accomplished what lifelong psychotherapy had not: it cured her mental illness. Since then, I have to warn people, Don't try this at home. Thurber said that humor is chaos in retrospect. Looking back, our family tragedy revealed a dark comic underbelly and an unpredictable flipside. This is a memoir about bad medicine, enduring hope, and second chances. Happy reading! Nancy Bachrach www.nancybachrach.com "A darkly comedic style that recalls David Sedaris. Haunting...a dazzling read." —San Francisco Chronicle
The Center of the Universe / Nancy Bachrach / Knopf / Hardcover; 256 Pages
Price: $24.95 / ISBN: 978-0307270900 / Published: April, 2009 Nancy Bachrach is one of our featured authors this week. Click here to view her reader comments and feel free to use them in your newsletters. |