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Mind on fire : (Record no. 33328)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
ISBN 9780241982853 (pbk.) :
Terms of availability £9.99
060 ## - NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE CALL NUMBER
Classification number WM 400.
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Personal author Fanning, Arnold Thomas
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Mind on fire :
Subtitle a memoir of madness and recovery
264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE
Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture London :
Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer Penguin Books,
Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice 2019.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Physical description xi, 276p. ;
Dimensions 20 cm.
500 ## - GENERAL NOTE
General note Originally published: UK: Penguin Ireland, 2018.
520 ## - ABSTRACT
Abstract Shortlisted for the Wellcome Book Prize 2019 '[A] painfully intense, courageous and gripping account of [Fanning's] journey to the underworld of madness and back. This is a brave and instructive book.' Irish Times 'Extraordinary. An account of mental illness, grief, delusions, homelessness, a fractured family relationship ... and all while trying to recover and create. Superb writing on a frequently difficult subject.' Sinéad Gleeson Arnold Thomas Fanning had his first experience of depression during adolescence, following the death of his mother. Some ten years later, an up-and-coming playwright, he was overcome by mania and delusions. Thus began a terrible period in which he was often suicidal, increasingly disconnected from family and friends, sometimes in trouble with the law, and homeless in London. Drawing on his own memories, the recollections of people who knew him when he was at his worst, and medical and police records, Arnold Thomas Fanning has produced a beautifully written, devastatingly intense account of madness - and recovery, to the point where he has not had any serious illness for over a decade and has become an acclaimed playwright. Fanning conveys the consciousness of a person living with mania, psychosis and severe depression with a startling precision and intimacy. Mind on Fire is the gripping, sometimes harrowing, and ultimately uplifting testament of a person who has visited hellish regions of the mind.
600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Fanning, Arnold Thomas
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Subject term Depression
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Subject term Psychotic disorders
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Subject term Rehabilitation
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Subject term Recovery
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Subject term Grief
9 (RLIN) 6315
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Subject term Bereavement
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Subject term Suicide
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Subject term Homelessness
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Subject term Biography
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Withdrawn status Lost status Source of classification or shelving scheme Damaged status Not for loan Collection code Home library Current library Shelving location Date acquired Source of acquisition Cost, normal purchase price Total Checkouts Total Renewals Full call number Barcode Date last seen Date last borrowed Cost, replacement price Price effective from Koha item type
            Newcomb Library at Homerton Healthcare Newcomb Library at Homerton Healthcare Shelves 14/06/2019         WM 207 FAN 17196 29/09/2022     29/09/2022 Book
    National Library of Medicine       South London and Maudsley Trust Library South London and Maudsley Trust Library Shelves 20/05/2019 9 7.89 2 1 ZZ 3 FAN 023217 09/05/2023 27/02/2023 9.99 20/05/2019 Book
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