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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786540303321

Autore

Alexander Geraldine

Titolo

Amygdala / / Geraldine Alexander

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Oberon Books, , 2014

ISBN

1-78319-610-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (114 p.)

Collana

Oberon modern plays

Disciplina

616.8521

Soggetti

Post-traumatic stress disorder

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half-title Page; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Character; Prologue; Scene 1. Day 1. Present Prison.; Scene 2. Day 2. Present Clinic.; Scene 3. Day 3. In The Present Prison; Scene 4. Day 4. Present Clinic.; Scene 5. Day 5. Present Prison.; Scene 6. Day 6. Present Clinic And Prison.; Scene 7. Day 7. Present Prison.; Scene 8. Present Day 8. The Clinic.; Scene 9. Day 9. Present The Prison.; Scene 10. Present Day 10. Clinic.; Scene 11. Present Day 11. Prison.; Scene 12. Day 12. Present The Trial - The Court, The Clinic, Prison.; Scene 13. Day 13. Present.; Scene 14. Day 14. Present.

Sommario/riassunto

'There is a place in the hippocampus the size of an almond called the amygdale in which is stored our emotional memory. Anything in our history that is a stimulus to our emotions resides there... The kernel of Catherine is there for the picking - I am searching for the correct tool like at Christmas when the nutcrackers have been misplaced. A hammer will shatter it.'  Catherine is in a post-traumatic state and Simon, an eminent psychiatrist, is employed to help her recover her memory in time to give evidence in the trial of Joshua James - a young man accused of raping her.  As the