Paperback: My psychosis, for all its destruction and wrath, was a love story. - Catherine Cho
When Catherine left London for the US with her husband James, to introduce her family to their newborn son, she could not have envisaged how that trip would end. Catherine would find herself in an involuntary psych ward in New Jersey, separated from her husband and child, unable to understand who she was, and how she had got there.
It is difficult to know where the story of psychosis begins.
Was it the moment I met my son?
Or was it decided in the before, something rooted deeper in my fate, generations ago?
In an attempt to hold on to her sense of self, Catherine had to reconstruct her life, from her early childhood, to a harrowing previous relationship, and her eventual marriage to James.
The result is a powerful exploration of psychosis and motherhood, at once intensely personal, yet holding within it a universal experience – of how we love, live and understand ourselves in relation to each other.
Inferno (2020) is an unadulterated and highly accomplished memoir by a debut writer/literary agent.
About the author: Catherine Cho grew up in Kentucky and Virginia. She studied English Literature at New York University. After graduating from university, she took a detour into corporate law and received her JD from the University of Hong Kong. She worked in public affairs before pursuing a career in publishing.
Catherine is currently a Literary Agent specialising in adult fiction and non-fiction. She is also the Digital Rights Manager overseeing digital strategy at Madeleine Milburn Ltd. A believer in the power of story, Catherine is passionate about discovering new voices. She currently lives in London.
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