Wish I Could Be There: Notes from a Phobic Life
by Shawn, Allen
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good in Very Good dust jacket/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0670038423
- ISBN 13
- 9780670038428
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Synopsis
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.
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- Bookseller
- The Haunted Bookshop, LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 038279
- Title
- Wish I Could Be There: Notes from a Phobic Life
- Author
- Shawn, Allen
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0670038423
- ISBN 13
- 9780670038428
- Publisher
- Viking
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2007
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