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The Brand New Catastrophe

by Mike Scalise
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"A very funny [memoir] about the frailties of the flesh, the absurdities of modern medicine, and how to stay sane amid it all" (Dave Eggers).

Raucous family memoir meets medical adventure in this "winning literary debut" that explores the public and private theaters of illness (The New York Times Book Review).

After a pituitary tumor bursts in Mike Scalise's brain (diagnosed by, of all people, a physician named Dr. Sunshine), it leaves him with a hole in head, and the hormone disorder acromegaly at age twenty-four. He also faces the exasperating challenge of navigating a new, alien world of illness maintenance among family, friends, and spouse. However, it's his mother, who has a chronic heart condition and a flair for drama, who becomes a complicated model as she competes with her son for the status of "best sick person."

"Captur[ing] all the fright of a medical calamity and the humor and grace necessary to survive it (Kirkus Reviews), "Mike Scalise's startling and slyly hilarious memoir is a heartfelt reminder of how astonishing, how terrifying, how absurd it is to be a body. An essential book for those who've lived through catastrophe, or only imagined it" (Alexandra Kleeman, author of You Too Can Have a Body Like Mine).
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Publisher: Sarabande Books

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  • Release date: January 9, 2017

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  • ISBN: 9781941411346
  • File size: 421 KB
  • Release date: January 9, 2017

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  • ISBN: 9781941411346
  • File size: 421 KB
  • Release date: January 9, 2017
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Biography & Autobiography Family & Relationships Health & Fitness Nonfiction

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"A very funny [memoir] about the frailties of the flesh, the absurdities of modern medicine, and how to stay sane amid it all" (Dave Eggers).

Raucous family memoir meets medical adventure in this "winning literary debut" that explores the public and private theaters of illness (The New York Times Book Review).

After a pituitary tumor bursts in Mike Scalise's brain (diagnosed by, of all people, a physician named Dr. Sunshine), it leaves him with a hole in head, and the hormone disorder acromegaly at age twenty-four. He also faces the exasperating challenge of navigating a new, alien world of illness maintenance among family, friends, and spouse. However, it's his mother, who has a chronic heart condition and a flair for drama, who becomes a complicated model as she competes with her son for the status of "best sick person."

"Captur[ing] all the fright of a medical calamity and the humor and grace necessary to survive it (Kirkus Reviews), "Mike Scalise's startling and slyly hilarious memoir is a heartfelt reminder of how astonishing, how terrifying, how absurd it is to be a body. An essential book for those who've lived through catastrophe, or only imagined it" (Alexandra Kleeman, author of You Too Can Have a Body Like Mine).
Expand title description text
Biography & Autobiography Family & Relationships Health & Fitness Nonfiction