Summary of Brain on Fire. My Month of Madness by Susannah Cahalan: Conversation Starters

Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness by Susannah Cahalan: Conversation Starters New York Post journalist Susannah Cahalan started to obsess about bedbugs and felt paranoid about being bitten by them. Finding herself alone in her boyfriend's apartment, she starts looking into her boyfriend's emails, love letters, and photos of his ex-girlfriends. She is aware that it is strange of her to do this and that she does not like the idea but does it just the same. The weird behavior progressed into something physical as she started having body aches and seizures that eventually landed her in the hospital. She tells her story of how she was diagnosed with a rare disease that mentally and physically ravaged her. What is this mystifying illness? Why can't her doctors properly diagnose her? Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness is a New York Times bestseller. The book has been made into film, produced by Charlize Theron and starred in by Chloe Grace Moretz. A Brief Look Inside: EVERY GOOD BOOK CONTAINS A WORLD FAR DEEPER than the surface of its pages. The characters and their world come alive, and the characters and its world still live on. Conversation Starters is peppered with questions designed to bring us beneath the surface of the page and invite us into the world that lives on. These questions can be used to.. Create Hours of Conversation: • Promote an atmosphere of discussion for groups • Foster a deeper understanding of the book • Assist in the study of the book, either in...