Gotham girl interrupted : my misadventures in motherhood, love, and epilepsy
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Published
Watertown, MA : Imagine Book, published by Charlesbridge, [2018].
Status
Nanuet Public Library - Adult Nonfiction
616.853 Jon
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616.853 Jon
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Published
Watertown, MA : Imagine Book, published by Charlesbridge, [2018].
Format
Book
Physical Desc
xvi, 207 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
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Description
"Smart stand-up comedy about the power of falling down, ...loaded with brash truths and laugh-out-loud moments about the epileptic age and culture in which we all live. It's also a dispatch from the frontlines of neurodiversity. Above all, it's about the battle for becoming who you are supposed to be and finding your tribe--no matter how much flopping around on the ground and wetting yourself you have to do to get there. With wit and humility, Alisa Kennedy Jones chronicles her experiences after a diagnosis of ecstatic epilepsy (also suffered by Dostoevsky, Van Gogh, Da Vinci and Agatha Christie). Beginning with the first in a series of terrifying yet beautiful grand mal seizures, which she likens to "swallowing a bolt of lightning," each seizure leaves her with what Zen Buddhists sometimes refer to as a "beginner's mind"--a vast, open expanse of headspace, coupled with a creative euphoria. It's a state that renders you less encumbered by everything you've already learned, but also challenged by having to relearn some of the more basic aspects of daily life"--,Provided by publisher.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Jones, A. K. (2018). Gotham girl interrupted: my misadventures in motherhood, love, and epilepsy . Imagine Book, published by Charlesbridge.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Jones, Alisa Kennedy. 2018. Gotham Girl Interrupted: My Misadventures in Motherhood, Love, and Epilepsy. Imagine Book, published by Charlesbridge.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Jones, Alisa Kennedy. Gotham Girl Interrupted: My Misadventures in Motherhood, Love, and Epilepsy Imagine Book, published by Charlesbridge, 2018.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Jones, Alisa Kennedy. Gotham Girl Interrupted: My Misadventures in Motherhood, Love, and Epilepsy Imagine Book, published by Charlesbridge, 2018.
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