Dimensions
130 x 197 x 19mm
Wide Awake is the memoir of one woman's inability to sleep. Patricia Morrisroe examines insomnia through a mix of scientific study, social insights and personal experience.
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.
