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Wish I Could Be There: Notes from a Phobic L- 0143113070, paperback, Allen Shawn
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Item specifics
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- Book Title
- Wish I Could Be There: Notes from a Phobic Life
- ISBN
- 9780143113072
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0143113070
ISBN-13
9780143113072
eBay Product ID (ePID)
62278889
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
288 Pages
Publication Name
Wish I Could Be there : Notes from a Phobic Life
Language
English
Subject
Psychopathology / Anxieties & Phobias, Physician & Patient, Personal Memoirs, General, Literary
Publication Year
2008
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Biography & Autobiography, Psychology, Medical
Format
Uk-B Format Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
7.9 Oz
Item Length
7.7 in
Item Width
5.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
A harrowing, essential book about the force of fear gone wild in one person’s mind and body.” —Chicago Tribune Remarkable. A brave, eccentric, and utterly compelling book that’s as revelatory and candid as anything ever written by Joan Didion, and as humane and scientifically fascinating as any one of Oliver Sacks’s case studies.” —Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times* A vividly written combination of memoir and scientific inquiry.” —The New Yorker, "A harrowing, essential book about the force of fear gone wild in one person''s mind and body." - Chicago Tribune "Remarkable. A brave, eccentric, and utterly compelling book that''s as revelatory and candid as anything ever written by Joan Didion, and as humane and scientifically fascinating as any one of Oliver Sacks''s case studies." -Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times* "A vividly written combination of memoir and scientific inquiry." - The New Yorker, A harrowing, essential book about the force of fear gone wild in one persons mind and body. "Chicago Tribune" Remarkable. A brave, eccentric, and utterly compelling book thats as revelatory and candid as anything ever written by Joan Didion, and as humane and scientifically fascinating as any one of Oliver Sackss case studies. Michiko Kakutani, "The New York Times*" A vividly written combination of memoir and scientific inquiry. "The New Yorker", "A harrowing, essential book about the force of fear gone wild in one person's mind and body." - Chicago Tribune "Remarkable. A brave, eccentric, and utterly compelling book that's as revelatory and candid as anything ever written by Joan Didion, and as humane and scientifically fascinating as any one of Oliver Sacks's case studies." -Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times* "A vividly written combination of memoir and scientific inquiry." - The New Yorker, "A harrowing, essential book about the force of fear gone wild in one person's mind and body." -Chicago Tribune "Remarkable. A brave, eccentric, and utterly compelling book that's as revelatory and candid as anything ever written by Joan Didion, and as humane and scientifically fascinating as any one of Oliver Sacks's case studies." -Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times* "A vividly written combination of memoir and scientific inquiry." -The New Yorker
Grade From
Twelfth Grade
Dewey Decimal
616.85/225 B
Grade To
UP
Synopsis
In addition to being the son of famous "New Yorker" editor William Shawn and brother of the distinguished playwright and actor Wallace Shawn, Allen Shawn is agoraphobiche is afraid of both public spaces and isolation. "Wish I Could Be There" gracefully captures both of these extraordinary realities, blending memoir and scientific inquiry in an utterly engrossing quest to understand the mysteries of the human mind. Droll, probing, and honest, Shawn explores the many ways we all become who we are, whether through upbringing, genes, or our own choices, creating an eloquent meditation upon the mysteries of personality and family* and the struggle to face ones demons., In addition to being the son of famous New Yorker editor William Shawn and brother of the distinguished playwright and actor Wallace Shawn, Allen Shawn is agoraphobic-he is afraid of both public spaces and isolation. Wish I Could Be There gracefully captures both of these extraordinary realities, blending memoir and scientific inquiry in an utterly engrossing quest to understand the mysteries of the human mind. Droll, probing, and honest, Shawn explores the many ways we all become who we are, whether through upbringing, genes, or our own choices, creating "an eloquent meditation upon the mysteries of personality and family"* and the struggle to face one's demons., In this memoir of enormous bravery, a member of one of New Yorks premier literary families delivers a droll, inquisitive, and poignant examination of his life with agoraphobia.
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