Bibliograph

Nothing was the same, a memoir, by Kay Redfield Jamison

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Nothing was the same, a memoir, by Kay Redfield Jamison

Language

eng

resource.biographical

autobiography

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Nothing was the same

Oclc number

316421115

Responsibility statement

by Kay Redfield Jamison

Sub title

a memoir

Summary

A haunting meditation on mortality, grief, and loss. Perhaps no one but Kay Redfield Jamison--who combines the acute perceptions of a psychologist with a writerly elegance and passion--could bring such a delicate touch to the subject of losing a spouse to cancer. She looks back at her relationship with her husband, Richard Wyatt, a renowned scientist who battled dyslexia to become one of the foremost experts on schizophrenia. And with her characteristic candor, wit, and simplicity, she describes his death, her own long, difficult struggle with grief, and her efforts to distinguish grief from depression. Wryly humorous anecdotes mingle with bittersweet memories of a relationship that was passionate and loving in this psychological study of grief viewed from deep inside the experience itself.--From publisher description

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