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The Mind Electric

The Mind Electric Stories of the Strangeness and Wonder of Our Brains

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Publisher's Synopsis

A young woman channelling the voice of the Holy Spirit. A mother whose children have been replaced by changelings. A family cursed by a mysterious inability to sleep. Pria Anand's patients come to her with myriad peculiar symptoms, but they all have something in common: their diagnosis always hinges on a story. Her task as a neurologist is akin to a detective's, piecing together the clues in a patient's account with the tells of their body in order to settle on a diagnosis. In her lyrical, passionate and humane first book, Pria Anand shares stories of her own patients alongside her own experiences as a doctor, a mother and a patient, in order to explore all the bizarre ways in which our brains go awry.

About the Publisher

Virago

Little, Brown is the literary hardback imprint that feeds into our Abacus paperback list. We publish across a wide range of areas, including fiction, history, memoir, science and travel, but within this diverse list the vast majority of books have in common a strong narrative and a distinctive voice.

Book information

ISBN: 9780349019109
Publisher: Little, Brown
Imprint: Virago
Pub date:
DEWEY: 616.8
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 288
Weight: 556g
Height: 163mm
Width: 242mm
Spine width: 31mm