Susannah Cahalan on 'The Great Pretender'

All Of It with Alison Stewart | Nov 11, 2019

Susannah Cahalan, author of the memoir Brain on Fire, joins us to discuss her new book, The Great Pretender: The Undercover Mission That Changed Our Understanding of Madness.

 

Event:

Susannah Cahalan will be at Oblong Books in Tivoli, NY, as part of their Upstairs at Murray’s literary series on Friday, November 15, from 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM.

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