In this powerful and provocative new memoir, award-winning author Lauren Slater forces readers to redraw the boundary between what we know as fact and what we believe through the creation of our own personal fictions. Mixing memoir with mendacity, Slater examines memories of her youth, when after being diagnosed with a strange illness she developed seizures and neurological disturbances-and the compulsion to lie. Openly questioning the reliability of memoir itself, Slater presents the mesmerizing story of a young woman who discovers not only what plagues her but also what cures her-the birth of her sensuality, her creativity as an artist, and storytelling as an act of healing.

Author: Lauren Slater
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 10/01/2001
Pages: 240
Weight: 0.42lbs
Size: 7.60h x 5.00w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9780142000069
Audience: Young Adult


Review Citation(s):
Entertainment Weekly 10/26/2001 pg. 113

About the Author
Lauren Slater is the author of five books of nonfiction and two memoirs, as well as a collection of short stories. She has received numerous awards, including a 2004 National Endowment for the Arts award, multiple inclusions in Best American volumes, and a Knight Science Journalism Fellowship at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.