The Camera My Mother Gave Me Audiobook By Susanna Kaysen cover art

The Camera My Mother Gave Me

Preview
Try for $0.00
Prime logo Prime members: New to Audible?
Get 2 free audiobooks during trial.
Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
Premium Plus auto-renews for $14.95/mo after 30 days. Cancel anytime.

The Camera My Mother Gave Me

By: Susanna Kaysen
Narrated by: Susanna Kaysen
Try for $0.00

$14.95/month after 30 days. Cancel anytime.

Buy for $13.00

Buy for $13.00

Confirm purchase
Pay using card ending in
By confirming your purchase, you agree to Audible's Conditions of Use, License, and Amazon's Privacy Notice. Taxes where applicable.
Cancel

About this listen

Susanna Kaysen, who wrote about her teenage depression in the bestseller Girl, Interrupted, now takes on another taboo subject: her vagina—which suddenly and inexplicably starts to hurt.

The Camera My Mother Gave Me takes us through Susanna Kaysen's often comic, sometimes surreal encounters with all kinds of doctors—internists, gynecologists, and "alternative health" experts—as well as with her boyfriend and her friends as she seeks a cure—but nothing works. As sex becomes more and more painful, Kaysen's relationship with her boyfriend disintegrates and she turns to her best friends, her wicked sense of humor, and her wry self-reflection to cope.

Spare, frank, and altogether original, The Camera My Mother Gave Me is an extraordinary investigation into the role sex plays in perception and our notions of ourselves, and into what happens when the erotic impulse meets the world of medicine.

©2001 Susanna Kaysen (P)2022 Phoenix Books
Women Witty
adbl_web_global_use_to_activate_T1_webcro805_stickypopup
All stars
Most relevant  
Definitely not what I thought the story would be but after starting it I couldn’t stop reading it. Some very funny moments as well!

Not as anticipated but entertaining

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

The editor should have easily removed the word “said” at least 100 times. It was unnecessary and really made it sound like elementary writing. And hearing so much about the boyfriend - his unending needs and complete disregard for her situation - was pretty unbearable. Lastly, authors should not always be narrators. Very flat.

Somewhat interesting story but a couple of things that really turned me off.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.