Wish I Could Be There: Notes From a Phobic Life
By Allen Shawn.
Description
A droll, inquisitive, and poignant memoir of agoraphobia from a member of one of New York’s premier literary families Allen Shawn is afraid of heights, water, fields, parking lots, tunnels, and unknown roads. He avoids taking subways, using elevators, or crossing bridges. In short, he is afraid of both closed and open spaces and of any form of isolation. Yet this is a memoir of enormous bravery. Shawn grew up in a lively but mysterious world. He is the son of the famous, longtime New Yorker editor William Shawn and brother to the brilliant playwright and actor Wallace Shawn. H...
ISBN(s)
0670038423, 9780670038428
