![]() ![]() My notebook, coffee and Dictaphone are spread out in front of me. Every table in the Los Angeles café is taken. "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.Ī man hovers over me as I write. In her unique voice, Emma Forrest explores the highs and lows of love and the heartbreak of loss. ![]() ![]() A modern-day fairy tale, Your Voice in My Head is a stunning memoir, clear-eyed and shot through with wit. And when her all-consuming romantic relationship also fell apart, Emma was forced to cling to the page for survival and regain her footing on her own terms. Reeling from the premature death of a man who had become her anchor after she turned up on his doorstep, she was adrift. He had died, shockingly, at the age of fifty-three, leaving behind a young family. ![]() One day, when Emma called to make an appointment with her psychiatrist, she found no one there. She was on the brink of drowning, but she was still working, still exploring, still writing, and she had also fallen deeply in love. In a cycle of loneliness, damaging relationships, and destructive behavior, she found herself in the chair of a slim, balding, and effortlessly optimistic psychiatrist-a man whose wisdom and humanity would wrench her from the dangerous tide after she tried to end her life. Emma Forrest, a British journalist, was just twenty-two and living the fast life in New York City when she realized that her quirks had gone beyond eccentricity. ![]()
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