| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
208 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Note |
"This is a Borzoi book" -- T.p. verso. |
| 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. |
| Contents |
Pleasure of his company -- Lilacs and a Roman ring -- Broken portions -- Raining stars -- Joy be the starlight -- Wildflowers and granite -- Mourning and melancholia -- Fugitive dyes. |
| Subject |
Jamison, Kay R.
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Wyatt, Richard Jed, 1939-2002 -- Health.
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Hodgkin's disease -- Patients -- United States -- Biography.
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Widows -- United States -- Biography.
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Psychologists -- United States -- Biography.
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Psychiatrists -- United States -- Biography.
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Psychiatrists' spouses -- United States -- Biography.
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Jamison, Kay R.
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Wyatt, Richard Jed, 1939-2002.
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Neoplasms -- psychology -- United States -- Personal Narratives.
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Adaptation, Psychological -- United States -- Personal Narratives.
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Attitude to Death -- United States -- Personal Narratives.
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Grief -- United States -- Personal Narratives.
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Psychiatry -- United States -- Personal Narratives.
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Spouses -- psychology -- United States -- Personal Narratives.
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| ISBN |
9780307265371 |
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0307265374 |
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