the guest house
The Guest House is a collection of creative nonfiction that details the author’s struggle with Generalized Anxiety Disorder and Somatic Symptom Disorder. In a series of stories curated from her personal life, she learns how to navigate the physical and psychological manifestations of anxiety.
Recipient of the 2022 Whistler Independent Book Award in the category of non-fiction!
The Guest House is taught in the University of Toronto Mississauga’s Professional Writing and Communications program. If you’d like to add The Guest House to your curriculum* or have Shannon Terrell appear as a guest speaker in your class, please visit our Contact page and fill out the provided form.
(*if you’re an educator and would like to buy multiple copies of The Guest House, contact me for an educator’s rate.)
