Nothing Was the Same
by Jamison, Kay Redfield
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0307265374
- ISBN 13
- 9780307265371
- Seller
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Sewell, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
Book and dust jacket are in near fine condition. The image provided is the actual book I'm offering for sale. No markings or damage to any pages. No sunning. No clips. Structure of the book (covers, binding, spine, hinges) is tight and free of damage. Page block is nice and square. Cut pages. Additional photos will be provided upon request to ensure the quality and integrity of your book purchase.
Synopsis
From the internationally acclaimed author of An Unquiet Mind, an exquisite, 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. In direct, straightforward, and at times strikingly lyrical prose, Jamison looks back at her relationship with her husband, Richard Wyatt, a renowned scientist who battled debilitating dyslexia to become one of the foremost experts on schizophrenia. And with her characteristic honesty, candor, wit, and simplicity, she describes his death, her own long, difficult struggle with grief, and her efforts to distinguish grief from depression.But she also recalls the great joy that Richard brought her during the nearly twenty years they had together. Wryly humorous anecdotes mingle with bittersweet memories of a relationship that was passionate and loving--if troubled on occasion by her manic-depressive (bipolar) illness--as Jamison reveals the ways in which her husband encouraged her to write openly about her mental illness and, through his courage and grace taught her to live fully.A penetrating psychological study of grief viewed from deep inside the experience itself, Nothing Was the Same is also a deeply moving memoir by a superb writer.From the Hardcover edition.
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- Bookseller
- The Dusty Bookcase (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0003858
- Title
- Nothing Was the Same
- Author
- Jamison, Kay Redfield
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover. Glued binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 208 p. Contains: Illustrations, black & white. Audience: General/
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0307265374
- ISBN 13
- 9780307265371
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2009
- Keywords
- Biography & Autobiography; Death, Grief, Bereavement; Death/Dying; Family & Relationships; Grief; Non-Fiction; Personal Memoirs; psychology; Self-Help; United States; Wyatt, Richard Jed
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography & Autobiography; Family; Death; Relationships; Non-fiction;
- Size
- Octavo
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