Wide Awake : What I learned about sleep from doctors, drug companies, dream experts, and a reindeer herder in the Arctic Circle Paperback / softback
by Patricia Morrisroe
Paperback / softback
Description
A fourth-generation insomniac, Patricia Morrisroe decided that the only way she'd ever conquer her lifelong sleep disorder was by becoming an expert on the subject.
So, armed with half a century of personal experience and a journalist's curiosity, she set off to explore one of life's greatest mysteries: sleep.
Wide Awake is the eye-opening account of Morrisroe's quest - a compelling memoir that blends science, culture, and business to tell the story of why she - and millions of others - can't sleep at night. Over the course of three years of research and reporting, Morrisroe talks to sleep doctors, drug makers, psychiatrists, anthropologists, hypnotherapists, 'wake experts', mattress salesmen, a magician, an astronaut, and even a reindeer herder. A mesmerising mix of personal insight, science and social observation, Wide Awake is for the millions who suffer from sleepless nights and hazy caffeine-filled days.
A humorous, thought-provoking and ultimately hopeful book is an essential bedtime companion.
It does, however, come with a warning: reading it may promote wakefulness.
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- Publisher:Hodder & Stoughton
- Publication Date:03/03/2011
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- ISBN:9780340936566
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- Format:Paperback / softback
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- Publisher:Hodder & Stoughton
- Publication Date:03/03/2011
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- ISBN:9780340936566
