A thousand ways to pay attention : a memoir of coming home to my neurodivergent mind
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Published
New York : The Experiment, 2022.
Format
Book
ISBN
9781615198801, 1615198806
Physical Desc
293 pages : map, illustrations ; 22 cm
Status
Le Sueur Public Library - Adult Nonfiction
616.8589 Schille
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616.8589 Schille
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Published
New York : The Experiment, 2022.
Street Date
2204
Language
English
ISBN
9781615198801, 1615198806
Notes
General Note
"Originally published in the UK as Earthed by Elliot & Thompson, Ltd., an imprint of Simon & Schuster UK, in 2021. First published in North America in revised form by The Experiment, LLC, in 2022."
Description
"A memoir of one woman's search to understand the land she farms-and her own experience with ADHD"--,Provided by publisher.
Description
It should have been Rebecca Schillers dream come true: moving her young family to the English countryside to raise goats and coax their own fruit and vegetables from the land. But, as she writes: The summer of striding out toward a life of open fields and sacks of corn, I brought a confused black hole of something pernicious but not yet acknowledged along for the ride. Rebeccas health begins to crumble, with bewildering symptoms: frequent falls, uncontrollable rages, and mysterious lapses in memory. As she fights to be seen by a succession of specialists, her fledgling homesteadand her familyhang by increasingly tenuous threads. And when her diagnosis finally comes, it is utterly unexpected: severe ADHD. In her scramble for answers, Rebeccas consciousness alternately sears with pinpoint focus and spirals with connections. Childhood memories resurface with new meaning, and her daily life entwines with the history of intrepid women who tended this land before her. Her family weathers their growing pains where generations of acorns have fallen to rise again as trees, where ancient wolves and lynx once stalked the shadows. Written in unsparing, luminous prose, this is an all-absorbing memoir of one womans newfound neurodivergenceand a clarion call to overturn the narrative that says minds are either normal and good or different and broken.
Subjects
LC Subjects
Anecdotes.
Attention-deficit disorder in adults -- Great Britain.
Attention-deficit-disordered adults -- Family relationships -- Great Britain.
Attention-deficit-disordered adults -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Autobiographies.
Biographies.
Farm life -- Great Britain -- Anecdotes.
Kent (England) -- Biography.
Schiller, Rebecca -- Mental health.
Schiller, Rebecca.
Women farmers -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Attention-deficit disorder in adults -- Great Britain.
Attention-deficit-disordered adults -- Family relationships -- Great Britain.
Attention-deficit-disordered adults -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Autobiographies.
Biographies.
Farm life -- Great Britain -- Anecdotes.
Kent (England) -- Biography.
Schiller, Rebecca -- Mental health.
Schiller, Rebecca.
Women farmers -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Schiller, R. (2022). A thousand ways to pay attention: a memoir of coming home to my neurodivergent mind . The Experiment.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Schiller, Rebecca. 2022. A Thousand Ways to Pay Attention: A Memoir of Coming Home to My Neurodivergent Mind. New York: The Experiment.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Schiller, Rebecca. A Thousand Ways to Pay Attention: A Memoir of Coming Home to My Neurodivergent Mind New York: The Experiment, 2022.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Schiller, Rebecca. A Thousand Ways to Pay Attention: A Memoir of Coming Home to My Neurodivergent Mind The Experiment, 2022.
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