{"product_id":"inferno-a-memoir-of-motherhood-and-madness-9781526619044","title":"Inferno: A Memoir of Motherhood and Madness","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e______________________\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e 'A beautifully written account of postpartum psychosis, and the ties, blessings and burdens of family' \u003c\/b\u003e- NIGELLA LAWSON\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e SHORTLISTED FOR THE \u003ci\u003eSUNDAY TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eYOUNG WRITER OF THE YEAR AWARD\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE JHALAK PRIZE\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e*\u003ci\u003eObserver \u003c\/i\u003eBook of the Week*\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e*A \u003ci\u003eGuardian \u003c\/i\u003eMemoir of the Year 2020* *\u003ci\u003eHarper’s Bazaar\u003c\/i\u003e 10 Women Who Will Shape What You Watch, See and Read in 2020*\u003c\/b\u003e   \u003cb\u003e______________________\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e ‘Striking and original' \u003c\/b\u003e- Cathy Rentzenbrink, \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003e 'Completely devastating. Completely heartbreaking' \u003c\/b\u003e- Daisy Johnson \u003cb\u003e______________________\u003c\/b\u003e  Catherine Cho's son was three months old when she and her husband left home to introduce him to their families.   Catherine herself could never have envisaged how the trip would end for her - surfacing in an involuntary psychiatric ward, separated from her husband and child, unable to understand who she was, or remember how she got there.   In her two weeks on the ward, Catherine turned to her notebook to reconstruct who she was, piece by piece, from the fragments of her life as they drifted back to her. The result is this powerful exploration of psychosis and motherhood, at once intensely personal, yet holding within it a universal experience - of how we love, live and understand ourselves in relation to each other.  \u003cb\u003e______________________\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e 'A haunting, eloquent evocation of becoming a stranger to yourself' \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCho's intense, poginant book exists in a category of its own * i paper *\u003cbr\u003eCho weaves fractured memoir with Korean history and culture in a raw exploration of mental illness * Observer *\u003cbr\u003eA courageous and powerful book * Times Literary Supplement *\u003cbr\u003eA brave, brilliant exploration of madness and motherhood * Harper's Bazaar *\u003cbr\u003eCaptivating ... A disturbing and masterfully told memoir, but it's also an important one that pushes back against powerful taboos * New York Times Book Review *\u003cbr\u003eThis striking story of motherhood and psychosis grips ... One of the many fascinating things about this beautifully written book is that it asks us to consider what counts as normal behaviour and what doesn't ... A highly accomplished memoir. Cho deftly weaves the strands of her experience to create something striking and original -- Cathy Rentzenbrink * The Times *\u003cbr\u003eA brilliantly frightening memoir about Cho’s two weeks on the psychiatric ward, elegantly interwoven with tales from her past ... [Cho writes] herself into motherhood and into a form of sanity that does not leave behind the insights enabled by psychosis. -- Lara Feigel * Guardian *\u003cbr\u003eIn honest and intricate detail, \u003ci\u003eInferno\u003c\/i\u003e traverses between past traumas and present-day experiences * Evening Standard *\u003cbr\u003eUtterly brilliant: poetic, truthful, frightening, clever. I held my breath at both the power of the prose and the writer’s unflinching honesty -- Christie Watson, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Language of Kindness\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA viscerally raw and startlingly honest account of the author’s journey into motherhood. A must-read for those looking to understand one of the darkest corners of the female experience -- Leah Hazard, author of \u003ci\u003eHard Pushed: A Midwife's Story\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA powerful and poignant book. The difficult and haunting brutality of both psychosis and relationships was so beautifully and honestly portrayed -- Bev Thomas, author of \u003ci\u003eA Good Enough Mother\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTriumphant * Cosmopolitan *\u003cbr\u003eInsightful and shocking * Stylist *\u003cbr\u003eCompletely devastating. Completely heartbreaking. Written in luminous, spiralling prose -- Daisy Johnson, author of \u003ci\u003eEverything Under\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA fierce, brave, glittering book that charts with unflinching honesty the shift from one reality to another and the family ghosts  that – without always knowing it – we all carry -- Rachel Joyce, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCompelling and exquisitely written. Catherine Cho’s eye-opening memoir took me into a world I knew nothing about. She communicates her experience with such startling clarity, I felt I was right there with her. Exceptional -- Ruth Jones\u003cbr\u003eUtterly compelling and beautifully written, \u003ci\u003eInferno\u003c\/i\u003e is one of the bravest and most beautiful books I have ever read -- Alice Feeney\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eInferno \u003c\/i\u003edoes just as the title suggests, it throws you into the flames of the author's psychosis so that you are in there with her, fighting for your next breath. I've rarely read such a powerful account of madness. Gripping, chilling and ultimately hopeful, this is one not to miss -- Lisa Jewell\u003cbr\u003eI was hooked from the very start ... It is at heart a love story, but one in which unimaginable, wonderfully depicted, mental torture intrudes. In sharing this pain, and exploring its cultural and other causes, Catherine Cho does a great service to the cause of breaking down stigma surrounding mental ill health ... A beautiful book -- Alastair Campbell","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49409833828695,"sku":"9781526619044","price":9.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781526619044.jpg?v=1730508180","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/inferno-a-memoir-of-motherhood-and-madness-9781526619044","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}