The Terrible Unlikelihood of Our Being Here by Susanne Paola Antonetta
Brand: Mad Creek Books
Product Description
At their familys New Jersey seaside cottages Susanne Paola Antonettas grandmother led seances swam nude and imaginatively created a spiritualist paradise on earth. In The Terrible Unlikelihood of Our Being Here Antonetta chronicles how in that unique but tightly controlled space she began to explore the questions posed by her familys Christian Science beliefs turning those questions secular What is consciousness Does time exist And does the world we see reflect reality In this book scientific research family story and memoir intertwine to mimic the indefinable movements of quantum particles. Antonetta reflects on a life spent wrestling with bipolar disorder drug dependency and the trauma of electroshock treatmentexploring these experiences alongside conversations with some of the worlds leading neuroscientists and physicists and with psychics. The result is a meditation on the legacy of family on thought and being and what we humans can actually ever really know about our world. show more
Condition : New
Author : Susanne Paola Antonetta
Weight : 419
Publisher : Mad Creek Books
Language : English
EAN : 9780814257807
ISBN10 : 0814257801
Format : Paperback Softback
Date of Publication : 20210210
Place of Publication : NA
Pagination : 248 Pages
Dimensions : 213 X 140 X 18