The story is so improbable, it can only be true: A brilliant woman with a long history of mental illnesswho once proclaimed herself to be "the center of the universe" is miraculously cured by accidental carbon monoxidepoisoning aboard the family boat. Nancy Bachrach warns readers, ';Don't try this at home'in her darkly humorous memoir about ';the second coming' ofher mother the indomitable Lola, whose buried family secrets had been driving her crazy. Aching and tender, unflinching and wry, The Center of the Universe is a multigenerational mother-daughter storya splendid, funny, lyrical memoir about family, truth, and the resilience of love.From the Trade Paperback edition.