Bluebird signed his debut book. Sociopath: A Memoir, By Patrick Gagne, who allowed a six-figure lead.
The UK and Commonwealth rights were acquired by former Bluebird publisher Carol Tonkinson from Helly Ogden for a six-figure sum while at Janklow & Nesbitt. Scheduled to be published on April 11, 2024.
The blurb says: “Patrick Gagne knew even before she entered kindergarten that she made others feel uncomfortable. Something caused people to react to her in strange ways that she couldn't understand. She suspected it was because she didn't feel things the same way other people did. Of course she had feelings, but she couldn't seem to empathize with them. Most of the time she didn't feel anything, but she knew that wasn't what anyone wanted to hear.
“She tried her best to pretend she was just like everyone else, but the constant pressure to conform to a society she knew would reject people like her was too much to bear. So Patrick stole. She lied. She trespassed on private property. She became violent at times. All with the aim of replacing nothing with something.”
Bluebird continued, “Shortly into college, Patrick was finally convinced of what she had suspected for years: she was a sociopath, but this was confirmed more than 200 years ago.'' Despite being the first personality disorder, sociopathy was abandoned as an officially recognized term in the 1960s.
“She was told there was no treatment available and no hope of living a normal life. She was haunted by pop culture's evil villains who were seen as sociopaths, madmen, and monsters. I realized that there was.”
It follows the “Modern Love” essay Gagne wrote for the magazine. new york times About her relationship with the man who is now her husband and father of her children, and about her own research. sociopath Blurbird called the film “an unflinching, irreproachable, often funny, and ultimately deeply redemptive story of how Patrick transcended his diagnosis and forged a future.” It is highly praised.
The film tells the story of how she first met her husband and “proved she was capable of love” as she pursued a PhD in psychology, researching the full spectrum of antisocial personality disorder. ing.
Mr Bravard added: “As her therapist, she makes it her mission to help others like herself and to bring her sociopathic lived experience out of the darkness, where she continues to explore harmful misconceptions. covered in.
“This is a story that has never been told before, one that changes the narrative and makes you question everything you thought you knew about sociopaths.”
Gagne said, “I wrote the article 'Modern Love' because I wanted to give people like me the opportunity to see themselves in normal, healthy relationships.The response was overwhelming. We heard from readers around the world, “I felt alone'' and “I thought I was crazy.''
“Many people acknowledged that they shared this essay with their friends and family to help them understand. After that, I wanted to share my story. To help educate, I decided to compile my research into a memoir about living with the disorder.'' , to raise awareness and ultimately give hope to the millions of people battling this disorder. ”
Jody Lancet-Grant, Deputy Publisher of Bluebird, said:sociopath is a truly extraordinary memoir that combines Patrick's brutal honesty with an extraordinary candor about her life and the perspective of her work as a therapist.
“From the first page, sociopathThis book is nearly impossible to put down, not only in its unflinching depiction of the author's darkest impulses and actions, but also in its examination of what drives them. That's totally convincing. ”
