Summary Of The Book 'Brian On Fire'

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“Brian on Fire is an unforgettable exploration of memory and identity, faith and love, and a profoundly compelling tale of survival, and perseverance that is destined to become classic.”
When I read this in the summary on the back of the book, I felt that I really wanted to read it. One of the reasons is I'm obsessed with true stories. I enjoyed reading this book so much, and I'm really impressed with Susannah, the author of the book. Susannah was a news reporter at the New York Post for 10 years, she was 24 when she fell seriously sick with a mystery condition. She received the Silurian Award of Excellence in Journalism for for feature writing for the article “The month of madness” on which the book is based. The book in my opinion is a gift which gives hope to the people who are struggling with psychological and mental problems. And, in this regard, I think it is very useful and valuable for many reasons. She explained her situation very well …show more content…
I believe that Susannah wrote her book because she wanted to give hope to people who are misdiagnosed, and to show them that they are not alone. She also wanted to save lives. She says, “I want to get the word out there,and, because of the article I wrote and going on talk shows, I have got the word out there, people have been diagnosed because of what I wrote” (pg). Spreading her story was her goal and through a lot of hard work she finally accomplished it. Emily Gavigan was one of those people who was diagnosed with paranoia and schizophrenia, but after seeing Susannah Cahalan on TODAY describing the same symptoms, her father demanded Emily be tested for the her rare disease. She took the right treatment and she completely recovered just like
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