Nerve: Adventures in the Science of Fear

"In a plague year where our worst fears are real but unseen, possible but indefinable, this book could not be timelier."-Rolling Stone

Frozen in terror during a mountain descent, award-winning journalist Eva Holland reaches her breaking point. Since childhood, she's been gripped by two debilitating phobias: fear of losing her mother, and fear of heights. The worst has already happened: Eva's mother died suddenly and unexpectedly in 2015. But now-after an arduous, embarrassing, and tearful fi...