Gotham Girl Interrupted (eBook)

Nora Ephron and Allie Brosh fans take note: Alisa Jones' memoir Gotham Girl Interrupted is a smart stand-up comedy about the power of falling down."e;Get to your safe spaces, people. Here comes the shimmer..."e;From irreverent NYC blogger Alisa Kennedy Jones comes an account of her "e;misadventures in motherhood, love, and epilepsy"e; that James Patterson calls "e;smart, harrowing, heart-warming, and very funny."e; What do Da Vinci, Agatha Christie, and blogger Alisa Kennedy Jones have in common? If you said "e;timeless artistic genius"e;, stop sucking up--the answer is ecstatic epilepsy. In this hilarious and moving dispatch from the frontlines of neurodiversity, Jones chronicles life with these terrifying-yet-beautiful grand mal seizures. Characteristic of Jones's condition are attacks which leave her with what Zen Buddhists sometimes refer to as a "e;beginner's mind"e;: a vast, open expanse of headspace, coupled with a creative euphoria.With bracing candor and humility, Jones describes living with chronic illness, single motherhood, and her day-to-day life as a hapless writer in NYC. Above all, Jones reminds us to fight the battle for becoming who we are supposed to be--no matter how much flopping around on the ground and wetting ourselves we have to do to get there.