{"product_id":"9780802128058","title":"Lights On, Rats Out: A Memoir","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e Best Nonfiction Book of 2017\u003cbr\u003e\"Shockingly intimate.\"—\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003ci\u003ePeople Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003e“This gritty account of a woman’s struggle with self-abuse describes nearly gothic suffering. It is also a love story about a dedicated and gifted analyst and his difficult but equally gifted patient. Courageous and unsettling, LeFavour’s memoir is infused with humor and wry insight as well as pain.”— \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003e“Eloquent, irreverent, graphically precise.”— \u003ci\u003eVulture\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs a young college graduate a year into treatment with a psychiatrist, Cree LeFavour began to organize her days around the cruel, compulsive logic of self-harm. Her body was a canvas of cruelty; each scar a mark of pride and shame. The thrill of meeting with her psychiatrist, Dr. Adam N. Kohl—whose relationship with Cree is at once sustaining and paralyzing—comes to be the only bright spot in her days. A “memoir in a category of its own” (Dani Shapiro), \u003ci\u003eLights On, Rats Out\u003c\/i\u003e brings us closely into these years, recounting a fiercely bright and independent woman’s charged attachment to a mental health professional and the dangerous compulsion to keep him in her life at all costs. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003e“Cree LeFavour uses the force of her blisteringly stark, mesmerizingly self-aware prose to not only unearth her own demons, but also equip the reader with the language to articulate our own as well.”— \u003ci\u003eHarper's Bazaar.com\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003e“A brave and honest memoir...sad and piercingly smart, making for an unforgettable read.”— \u003ci\u003eBookreporter\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003e“Startling, beautiful language reminiscent of Plath.”— \u003ci\u003e Booklist\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e“Searingly eloquent.”— \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003e“Riveting.”— \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Grove Atlantic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47030736912624,"sku":"9780802128058","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780802128058_p0.jpg?v=1763724953","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780802128058","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}