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The Woman Who Thought too Much: A Memoir
Joanne Limburg
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Description for The Woman Who Thought too Much: A Memoir
Paperback. 'Can a writer be too honest? At times you want to close this book to protect its subject.' Hilary Mantel, Guardian An intensely honest, riveting and surprisingly witty literary memoir of one woman's life as a sufferer of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: BM; VFJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 322. A Memoir. 320 pages. 'Can a writer be too honest? At times you want to close this book to protect its subject.' Hilary Mantel, Guardian An intensely honest, riveting and surprisingly witty literary memoir of one woman's life as a sufferer of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: BM; VFJ. Dimension: 197 x 129 x 21. Weight: 320.
Joanne Limburg thinks things she doesn't want to think, and does things she doesn't want to do. As a young woman, obsessive thoughts and compulsive behaviours had come to completely dominate her life. She knew that something was wrong, but it would take many painful years of searching to find someone who could explain her symptoms.
The Woman Who Thought Too Much is a vividly honest, beautifully told and darkly witty memoir about the quest to understand and manage a life with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder.
Product Details
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781843547037
SKU
V9781843547037
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Ref
99-2
About Joanne Limburg
Joanne Limburg was born in London in 1970, and studied Philosophy at Cambridge. She is the author of two poetry collections. Femenismo (Bloodaxe, 2000) was shortlisted for the Forward Best First Collection Prize; Paraphernalia (Bloodaxe, 2007) was a Poetry Book Society Recommendation. She lives in Cambridge with her husband and son, and is currently the Royal Literary Fund Fellow at ... Read more
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