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Wish I Could Be There : Notes from a Phobic Life by Allen Shawn (2008, Uk-B Format Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherPenguin Publishing Group

ISBN-100143113070

ISBN-139780143113072

eBay Product ID (ePID)62278889

Product Key Features

Number of Pages288 Pages

Publication NameWish I Could Be there : Notes from a Phobic Life

LanguageEnglish

SubjectPsychopathology / Anxieties & Phobias, Physician & Patient, Personal Memoirs, General, Literary

Publication Year2008

TypeTextbook

AuthorAllen Shawn

Subject AreaBiography & Autobiography, Psychology, Medical

FormatUk-B Format Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.8 in

Item Weight7.9 Oz

Item Length7.7 in

Item Width5.1 in

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ReviewsA 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

Dewey Edition22

Grade FromTwelfth Grade

Grade ToUP

Dewey Decimal616.85/225 B

SynopsisIn 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.