Sarah had always lived through her books, seeking escape, self-definition, and rules for living. She built her life around reading, wrote criticism, and taught literature at an Ivy League university. Then, she was hospitalized for a nervous breakdown, and the world became an unreadable blank page. Sarah Chihaya’s memoir “Bibliophobia” is a searing and darkly humorous story of breakdown and survival told through books. Delving into texts such as “Anne of Green Gables,” “Possession,” “A Tale for the Time Being,” and “The Last Samurai,” Chihaya interrogates her cultural identity, her relationship with depression, and the intoxicating, sometimes painful ways books push back on those who love them. Meet the author and join the discussion on Microsoft Teams: https://queenslib.org/45Rs