Wish I Could Be There: Notes from a Phobic Life (Paperback)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 48 hours | |Short Description for Wish I Could Be There In this memoir of enormous bravery, a member of one of New Yorks premier literary families delivers a droll, inquisitive, and poignant examination of his life with agoraphobia.
Full description- Publisher: Penguin Books
- Published: 01 February 2008
- Format: Paperback 267 pages
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- Categories: Memoirs | Abnormal Psychology
- ISBN 13: 9780143113072 ISBN 10: 0143113070
- Sales rank: 750,273
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Full description for Wish I Could Be There
In addition to being the son of famous "New Yorker" editor William Shawn and brother of the distinguished playwright and actor Wallace Shawn, Allen Shawn is agoraphobic-he is afraid of both public spaces and isolation. "Wish I Could Be There" gracefully captures both of these extraordinary realities, blending memoir and scientific inquiry in an utterly engrossing quest to understand the mysteries of the human mind. Droll, probing, and honest, Shawn explores the many ways we all become who we are, whether through upbringing, genes, or our own choices, creating "an eloquent meditation upon the mysteries of personality and family"* and the struggle to face one's demons.
