Nothing Was the Same: A Memoir
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Rating | : | 4.62 (715 Votes) |
Asin | : | 0307277895 |
Format Type | : | paperback |
Number of Pages | : | 224 Pages |
Publish Date | : | 2015-12-17 |
Language | : | English |
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In this slim, intense memoir Jamison shows us that mourning leads us back to life.”—Michael Greenberg, The New York Times Book Review “A meditation on grief as necessary and inevitable, and not to be confused with mental illness. Piercing . . To do this in loving memory of a partner is tribute indeed.”—The Washington Post“In An Unquiet Mind, Kay Jamison wrote with exceptional bravery and grace about living through mania, paralyzing depre
Now Jamison uses her characteristic honesty, wit and eloquence to look back at her relationship with her husband, Richard Wyatt, a renowned scientist who died of cancer. Nothing was the Same is a penetrating psychological study of grief viewed from deep inside the experience itself.From the eBook edition.. Kay Redfield Jamison, award-winning professor and writer, changed the way we think about moods and madness
Kay Redfield Jamison is the Dalio Family Professor in Mood Disorders and Professor of Psychiatry at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. She is co-director of the Johns Hopkins Mood Disorders Center and a member of the governing board of the National Network of Depression Centers. She is also Honorary Professor of English at the University of St. Jamison is the coauthor of the standard medical text on b
Five Stars Beautiful, poignant love story.. Three Stars Amazon Customer Good read but a bit depressing. An Intimate Journey Through Love and Loss Kenneth R. Mabry The extended illness and death of a spouse is an experience that is both intimate and incomparable and yet so common as to have been the subject of countless memoirs.What makes "Nothing Was the Same" remarkable is that this account is told by the talented clinical psychologist Kay Redfield