Brain in Fire was indeed a outstanding book. Although it was sad for the family who had to witness it, I feel it did leave an impact on the reader. That being said there are also other authors who have life changing events just like Cahalan. A couple other books that are similar to Cahalan’s are Divided Minds: Twin Sisters and Their Journey Through Schizophrenia by Pamela Spiro Wagner and The Center Cannot Hold: My Journey Through Madness by Elyn R. Saks. Even though these books are all memoirs they still have the similarities and differences of formal elements, surfacing of issues in truth and bias, and also allow is to realize different characteristic in