The Shapeless Unease : A Year of Not Sleeping

Samantha Harvey’s insomnia arrived, seemingly, from nowhere; for a year she has spent her nights chasing sleep
that rarely comes. She’s tried everything to appease it. Nothing is helping.
What happens when one of the basic human needs goes unmet? For Samantha Harvey, extreme sleep deprivation
resulted in a raw clarity about life itself.
Original and profound, The Shapeless Unease is a startlingly insightful exploration of memory, writing and
influence, death and grief, and the will to survive.