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2. The Beginning of Everything
A PEN / E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award Finalist
A real­life neurological mystery and captivating story of reinvention by the New York Times bestselling author of The
Daring Book for Girls.
Andrea Buchanan lost her mind while crossing the street one blustery March morning. The cold winter air triggered a
coughing fit, and she began to choke. She was choking on a lot that day. A sick child. A pending divorce. The guilt of
failing as a partner and as a mother. When the coughing finally stopped, she thought it was over. She could not have
been more wrong.
When she coughed that morning, a small tear ripped through her dura mater, the membrane covering the brain and
spinal cord. But she didn’t know that yet. Instead, Andrea went on with her day, unaware that her cerebrospinal fluid
was already beginning to leak out of that tiny opening.
What followed was nine months of pain and confusion as her brain, no longer cushioned by a healthy waterbed of
fluid, sank in her skull. At a time in her life when she needed to be as clear­thinking as possible—as a writer, as a
mother, as a woman attempting to strike out on her own after two decades of marriage—she was plagued by
cognitive impairment and constant pain, trapped by her own brain―all while mystifying doctors and pushing the
limits of medical understanding.
In this luminous and moving narrative, Andrea reveals the astonishing story of this tumultuous year―her fraught
search for treatment; how patients, especially women, fight to be seen as reliable narrators of their own experiences;
and how her life­altering recovery process affected both her and her family.
The mind­brain connection is one of the greatest mysteries of the human condition. In some folklore, the
cerebrospinal fluid around the brain is thought to be the place where consciousness actually begins. Here, in the
pages of The Beginning of Everything, Andrea seeks to understand: Where was “I” when I wasn’t there?

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