{"product_id":"the-center-cannot-hold-elyn-r-saks-9781401301385","title":"The Center Cannot Hold: My Journey Through Madness","description":"\u003cb\u003eA much-praised memoir of living and surviving mental illness as well as \"a stereotype-shattering look at a tenacious woman whose brain is her best friend and her worst enemy\" (\u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e). \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Elyn R. Saks is an esteemed professor, lawyer, and psychiatrist and is the Orrin B. Evans Professor of Law, Psychology, Psychiatry, and the Behavioral Sciences at the University of Southern California Law School, yet she has suffered from schizophrenia for most of her life, and still has ongoing major episodes of the illness. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Center Cannot Hold \u003c\/i\u003eis the eloquent, moving story of Elyn's life, from the first time that she heard voices speaking to her as a young teenager, to attempted suicides in college, through learning to live on her own as an adult in an often terrifying world. Saks discusses frankly the paranoia, the inability to tell imaginary fears from real ones, the voices in her head telling her to kill herself (and to harm others), as well as the incredibly difficult obstacles she overcame to become a highly respected professional. This beautifully written memoir is destined to become a classic in its genre.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Elyn R. Saks\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 140130138X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781401301385\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Hachette Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/14\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.09lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.54h x 6.10w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Books for a Better Life - Winner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/14\/2007 pg. 39\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/15\/2007 pg. 490\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/15\/2007 pg. 7\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2007 pg. 136\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/17\/2007 pg. 85\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/24\/2007 pg. 75\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/17\/2008 pg. 24","brand":"Elyn R. Saks","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44046540833023,"sku":"9781401301385","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_51b563c0-bc52-4c21-a401-fb1cb1f22b39.jpg?v=1684985132","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-center-cannot-hold-elyn-r-saks-9781401301385","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}