Passing for Normal: A Memoir of Compulsion - Rilegato

Wilensky, Amy S.

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ISBN 10: 0767901851 ISBN 13: 9780767901857

Casa editrice: Broadway Books, 1999

Riassunto

An emotionally charged account of a lifelong struggle with Tourette's Syndrome and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder chronicles the author's battle with obsessions and pointless rituals, and her gradual acceptance of treatment and therapy.

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Recensione:

"A lean, lucid, supple account of growing up with Tourette's syndrome and OCD.  In an age when these qualities are rare in memoir, Amy Wilensky's story is self-knowing without being self-involved, candid without being confessional.  This book challenges all of us to reconsider our assumptions about normalcy and disability, as it poses that most simple and provocative question: What makes us who we are?"
--Leah Hagar Cohen, author of Train Go Sorry and Glass, Paper, Beans

"Amy Wilensky's clear head, plain tongue, and expansive spirit make this deft charting of her struggle with Tourette's syndrome and obsessive-compulsive disorder at once terrifying and bracing.  Passing for Normal is Oliver Sacks through the looking glass."
--Lis Harris, author of Holy Days and Rules of Engagement

"Touching, honest, and unique. . . . Wilensky is a bright, articulate, and compassionate writer who captures the essence of living with this puzzling and often misunderstood disorder."
--Judit Ungar, M.S.W., Executive Director, Tourette Syndrome Association, Inc.

"In giving such clear articulation to her own compulsive habits, Amy Wilensky has exposed a fluid vein of consciousness, wider in some of us than others, that runs just beneath the surface of our daily functioning--the wellspring of the hummer, the doodler, the counter and pacer, the toe-tapper in us all."
--Le Anne Schreiber, author of Midstream and Light Years

"A powerful first-hand account of living with obsessive-compulsive disorder and Tourette's syndrome."
--Dr. Eric Hollander, Director, Compulsive, Impulsive and Anxiety Disorders Program, Mount Sinai Medical Center

L'autore:

Amy S. Wilensky is a graduate of Vassar College and Columbia University's M.F.A. writing program. A native of suburban Boston, she lives in New York City.

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• Editore: Broadway Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0767901851
• ISBN 13: 9780767901857
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 211