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Nancy Bachrach
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Nancy Bachrach worked in advertising in New York and Paris, spinning hot air like cotton candy.  Before that, she was a teaching assistant in the philosophy department at Brandeis University,  where she was one chapter ahead of her class.  She lives in New York City. 

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The Center of the Universe
A Memoir
Written by Nancy Bachrach

Format: eBook, 224 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: April 28, 2009
Price: $9.99

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The Center of the Universe
A Memoir
Written by Nancy Bachrach

Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: May 4, 2010
Price: $15.00

The story is so improbable, it can only be true: A brilliant woman with a long history of mental illness—who once proclaimed herself to be "the center of the universe"—is miraculously cured by accidental carbon monoxide poisoning aboard the family boat. Nancy Bachrach warns readers, “Don’t try this at home” in... Read more >
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