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Strangers to Ourselves 2022
Strangers to Ourselves: Unsettled Minds and the Stories That Make Us is a 2022 non-fiction book by Rachel Aviv about mental illness, diagnosis, and those in extreme mental distress. It appeared on the New York Times’ "The 10 Best Books of 2022" list.
The book follows the personal narratives of individuals with mental illness and traces how mental illness has been understood and treated over time. As an investigative reporter, Rachel Aviv examines the lives of six people with varied experiences of mental illness, including her own. She chose subjects who kept personal diaries and letters to understand their perspectives. The book includes excerpts from medical and academic papers, legal records, and writings by Ray, Bapu, Naomi, Laura Delano, and Hava. Aviv incorporates her childhood diagnosis of anorexia nervosa into the broader narrative.
Details
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus and Giroux (US)
- ISBN
- 9780374600853
- Pages
- 288
