Siri Hustvedt has long been one of the most brilliant explorers of the brain and mind. Recently, however, she turned her research interest towards herself: just under three years after her father's death, she suddenly found herself shaken by convulsions. Was it hysteria, a transference, or a random epileptic seizure? 'The Shaking Woman' - provocative and amusing, comprehensive and never pretentious - recounts her efforts to find an answer. Thus, an extraordinary double narrative emerges: on one hand, her intricate quest for understanding, and on the other, the great questions facing neuropsychiatry today. Siri Hustvedt's insightful book deepens our wonder at the interplay between body and mind.