{"id":3686814515279,"title":"Gotham Girl Interrupted","handle":"gotham-girl-interrupted","description":"\u003ch1\u003eGotham Girl Interrupted\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eMy Misadventures in Motherhood, Love, and Epilepsy\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c!-- - - - - - - - ENTER AUTHOR\/ILLUSTRATOR INFO BELOW - - - - - - - --\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.imaginebooks.net\/pages\/alisa-kennedy-jones\"\u003eAlisa Kennedy Jones\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - ENTER HEADING BELOW - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA hilarious, heartfelt, and fiercely candid memoir about life as a hapless writer, single parent, impassioned city girl, and epileptic.\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - ENTER DESCRIPTION BELOW - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSmart comedy about the power of falling down, \u003cem\u003eGotham Girl Interrupted\u003c\/em\u003e is loaded with brash truths and laugh-out-loud moments about the epileptic age and culture in which we all live. This riveting dispatch from the frontlines of neurodiversity is about the battle to become your truest self and find your people – no matter how much flopping around on the ground and wetting yourself you have to do to get there.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith wit and humility, Alisa Kennedy Jones chronicles her experiences after a diagnosis of ecstatic epilepsy (a condition shared by Dostoevsky, Van Gogh, Da Vinci and Agatha Christie), beginning with the first in a series of terrifying yet beautiful grand mal seizures which she likens to \"swallowing a bolt of lightning.\" Each seizure leaves her with physical injuries, neurological aftereffects, and what Zen Buddhists call a \"beginner's mind\": a vast, open expanse of headspace and creative euphoria. As she relearns how to function in daily life, Jones also redefines herself, falls in love, and makes her own weird, beautiful kind of normal.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePerfect for readers of Nora Ephron, Tina Fey, and Jenny Lawson.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - - - - - ENTER RECOMMENDATIONS BELOW - - - - - - - -- - - --\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"recommended-books\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf you like this book, you’ll enjoy these: \u003cbr\u003e\u003ca title=\"Leonard Bernstein\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imaginebooks.net\/products\/on-the-road-and-off-the-record-with-leonard-bernstein\"\u003eOn the Road and Off the Record with Leonard Bernstein\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca title=\"Undercover Girl\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imaginebooks.net\/collections\/memoir-biography\/products\/undercover-girl\"\u003eUndercover Girl\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca title=\"Peter Paul and Mary\" href=\"\/products\/peter-paul-and-mary-fifty-years-in-music-and-life\"\u003ePeter Paul and Mary\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - - - - ENTER DOWNLOADABLES BELOW - - - - - - - - - - --\u003e [TABS]\n\u003ch5\u003eDownloadables\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0750\/0101\/files\/gotham-girl-interrupted-cover_medium.jpg?297\" style=\"display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"btn-wrapper\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0750\/0101\/files\/gotham-girl-interrupted-hires.zip?305\" class=\"product-btn\"\u003eDownload the Cover\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"btn-wrapper\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0750\/0101\/files\/gotham-girl-interrupted-excerpt.pdf?305\" class=\"product-btn\"\u003eDownload an Excerpt\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - - - - - ENTER AUTHOR BIO BELOW - - - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eAuthor \u0026amp; Illustrator\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAlisa Kennedy Jones, author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlisa Kennedy Jones is a writer for TV and theater, with credits including \u003ci\u003eA Girl and a Gun\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eUlutwatu\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eGifted\u003c\/i\u003e. She also has a background working in digital advertising, branding and strategy for clients such as GE, Coca-Cola, Tommy Hilfiger, Disney, Electronic Arts and Colgate-Palmolive. She writes the blog \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/gothamgal.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eGotham Girl\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e (currently almost 30,000 followers on Twitter) and is an NPR commentator who is active in the autism, human rights and neurodiversity communities. She lives in New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/pages\/alisa-kennedy-jones\"\u003eRead more\u003c\/a\u003e about Alisa.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - - - ENTER REVIEWS BELOW - - - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eEditorial Reviews\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThrough humor and horror, a blogger, copywriter, and screenwriter pulls back the curtain on the uncertain world of an epileptic. Imagine having a seizure in a bodega and waking up to find the impact of your fall has destroyed your face, with a dislocated jaw and countless facial fractures and lacerations. That's what happened to Jones a few years after being diagnosed with epilepsy. Using her wit as a coping mechanism, the author describes her plight, from the surprising diagnosis to overcoming multiple surgeries to reclaim movement in her face after her dramatic fall. It's a shocking story that not only explains the still-perplexing experience of the disorder but also paints a picture of how those living with the condition struggle to create for themselves a new normal. \"Not only was my language off,\" writes Jones, \"so too was my execution and sequencing. I was continually getting things wrong like thinking of an object that is a spoon and going over to get one in the totally wrong part of the kitchen.\" The author doesn't sugarcoat the heartbreak of her struggles, but at the same time, she's persistently sarcastic through it all, even when her jaw had to be wired shut. \"Good god, what was that smell? Everywhere around me now was the odor of briny, salty seawater, but with something extra….it was me!\" she writes describing her lockjaw-induced halitosis. \"It smelled like I'd licked the subway and then let it fester in the New York City heat amid some raw sewage.\" If there's one drawback to Jones' knack for description, it's her unwillingness to \"murder her darlings.\" The playful turns of phrase are enjoyable until she loses the plot, such as when the story shifts from Los Angeles to New York City. Fortunately, the story doesn't hinge on location. Like a candid conversation with an amusing friend, this is a surprisingly funny look at a clinically humorless disorder.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - - - - - ENTER DETAILS BELOW - - - - - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eDetails\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cbr\u003eISBN: 978-1-62354-528-4\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eE-book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 978-1-63289-217-1 EPUB\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePage count: 244\u003cbr\u003e5 \u003csup\u003e1\u003c\/sup\u003e\/\u003csub\u003e2\u003c\/sub\u003e x 8 \u003csup\u003e1\u003c\/sup\u003e\/\u003csub\u003e4\u003c\/sub\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n[\/TABS]","published_at":"2019-10-01T15:14:51-04:00","created_at":"2019-05-29T10:38:43-04:00","vendor":"Imagine Publishing","type":"Adult Book","tags":["adult","Browse by Language_English","humor","imagine","memoir\/biography"],"price":799,"price_min":799,"price_max":799,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":1599,"compare_at_price_min":1599,"compare_at_price_max":1599,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":28640468533327,"title":"Paperback","option1":"Paperback","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"45284","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":false,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Gotham Girl Interrupted - Paperback","public_title":"Paperback","options":["Paperback"],"price":799,"weight":271,"compare_at_price":1599,"inventory_quantity":161,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"9781623545284","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/charlesbridgeteen.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/gotham-girl-interrupted-cover.jpg?v=1559140960"],"featured_image":"\/\/charlesbridgeteen.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/gotham-girl-interrupted-cover.jpg?v=1559140960","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"Gotham Girl Interrupted book cover image","id":1504303022159,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.667,"height":900,"width":600,"src":"\/\/charlesbridgeteen.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/gotham-girl-interrupted-cover.jpg?v=1559140960"},"aspect_ratio":0.667,"height":900,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/charlesbridgeteen.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/gotham-girl-interrupted-cover.jpg?v=1559140960","width":600}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003ch1\u003eGotham Girl Interrupted\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eMy Misadventures in Motherhood, Love, and Epilepsy\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c!-- - - - - - - - ENTER AUTHOR\/ILLUSTRATOR INFO BELOW - - - - - - - --\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.imaginebooks.net\/pages\/alisa-kennedy-jones\"\u003eAlisa Kennedy Jones\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - ENTER HEADING BELOW - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA hilarious, heartfelt, and fiercely candid memoir about life as a hapless writer, single parent, impassioned city girl, and epileptic.\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - ENTER DESCRIPTION BELOW - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSmart comedy about the power of falling down, \u003cem\u003eGotham Girl Interrupted\u003c\/em\u003e is loaded with brash truths and laugh-out-loud moments about the epileptic age and culture in which we all live. This riveting dispatch from the frontlines of neurodiversity is about the battle to become your truest self and find your people – no matter how much flopping around on the ground and wetting yourself you have to do to get there.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith wit and humility, Alisa Kennedy Jones chronicles her experiences after a diagnosis of ecstatic epilepsy (a condition shared by Dostoevsky, Van Gogh, Da Vinci and Agatha Christie), beginning with the first in a series of terrifying yet beautiful grand mal seizures which she likens to \"swallowing a bolt of lightning.\" Each seizure leaves her with physical injuries, neurological aftereffects, and what Zen Buddhists call a \"beginner's mind\": a vast, open expanse of headspace and creative euphoria. As she relearns how to function in daily life, Jones also redefines herself, falls in love, and makes her own weird, beautiful kind of normal.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePerfect for readers of Nora Ephron, Tina Fey, and Jenny Lawson.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - - - - - ENTER RECOMMENDATIONS BELOW - - - - - - - -- - - --\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"recommended-books\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf you like this book, you’ll enjoy these: \u003cbr\u003e\u003ca title=\"Leonard Bernstein\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imaginebooks.net\/products\/on-the-road-and-off-the-record-with-leonard-bernstein\"\u003eOn the Road and Off the Record with Leonard Bernstein\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca title=\"Undercover Girl\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imaginebooks.net\/collections\/memoir-biography\/products\/undercover-girl\"\u003eUndercover Girl\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca title=\"Peter Paul and Mary\" href=\"\/products\/peter-paul-and-mary-fifty-years-in-music-and-life\"\u003ePeter Paul and Mary\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - - - - ENTER DOWNLOADABLES BELOW - - - - - - - - - - --\u003e [TABS]\n\u003ch5\u003eDownloadables\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0750\/0101\/files\/gotham-girl-interrupted-cover_medium.jpg?297\" style=\"display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"btn-wrapper\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0750\/0101\/files\/gotham-girl-interrupted-hires.zip?305\" class=\"product-btn\"\u003eDownload the Cover\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"btn-wrapper\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0750\/0101\/files\/gotham-girl-interrupted-excerpt.pdf?305\" class=\"product-btn\"\u003eDownload an Excerpt\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - - - - - ENTER AUTHOR BIO BELOW - - - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eAuthor \u0026amp; Illustrator\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAlisa Kennedy Jones, author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlisa Kennedy Jones is a writer for TV and theater, with credits including \u003ci\u003eA Girl and a Gun\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eUlutwatu\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eGifted\u003c\/i\u003e. She also has a background working in digital advertising, branding and strategy for clients such as GE, Coca-Cola, Tommy Hilfiger, Disney, Electronic Arts and Colgate-Palmolive. She writes the blog \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/gothamgal.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eGotham Girl\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e (currently almost 30,000 followers on Twitter) and is an NPR commentator who is active in the autism, human rights and neurodiversity communities. She lives in New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/pages\/alisa-kennedy-jones\"\u003eRead more\u003c\/a\u003e about Alisa.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - - - ENTER REVIEWS BELOW - - - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eEditorial Reviews\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThrough humor and horror, a blogger, copywriter, and screenwriter pulls back the curtain on the uncertain world of an epileptic. Imagine having a seizure in a bodega and waking up to find the impact of your fall has destroyed your face, with a dislocated jaw and countless facial fractures and lacerations. That's what happened to Jones a few years after being diagnosed with epilepsy. Using her wit as a coping mechanism, the author describes her plight, from the surprising diagnosis to overcoming multiple surgeries to reclaim movement in her face after her dramatic fall. It's a shocking story that not only explains the still-perplexing experience of the disorder but also paints a picture of how those living with the condition struggle to create for themselves a new normal. \"Not only was my language off,\" writes Jones, \"so too was my execution and sequencing. I was continually getting things wrong like thinking of an object that is a spoon and going over to get one in the totally wrong part of the kitchen.\" The author doesn't sugarcoat the heartbreak of her struggles, but at the same time, she's persistently sarcastic through it all, even when her jaw had to be wired shut. \"Good god, what was that smell? Everywhere around me now was the odor of briny, salty seawater, but with something extra….it was me!\" she writes describing her lockjaw-induced halitosis. \"It smelled like I'd licked the subway and then let it fester in the New York City heat amid some raw sewage.\" If there's one drawback to Jones' knack for description, it's her unwillingness to \"murder her darlings.\" The playful turns of phrase are enjoyable until she loses the plot, such as when the story shifts from Los Angeles to New York City. Fortunately, the story doesn't hinge on location. 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