{"product_id":"nothing-was-the-same-a-memoir","title":"Nothing Was the Same: A Memoir","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the internationally acclaimed author of\u003ci\u003eAn Unquiet Mind,\u003c\/i\u003ean exquisite, haunting meditation on mortality, grief, and loss.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e A penetrating psychological study of grief viewed from deep inside the experience itself,\u003ci\u003eNothing Was the Same\u003c\/i\u003eis also a deeply moving memoir by a superb writer.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom the Hardcover edition.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"sb-details\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGenre:\u003c\/strong\u003e Biography \u0026amp; memoir, Medical (incl. Patients)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Alfred A. Knopf\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9780307265371\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Alfred A. Knopf","offers":[{"title":"Standard Secondhand — £8.61","offer_id":47909995905201,"sku":"SB-0307265374-C3","price":8.61,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/2669\/5345\/files\/0307265374.jpg?v=1789259985","url":"https:\/\/sellbooks.co.uk\/products\/nothing-was-the-same-a-memoir","provider":"Sell Books .co.uk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}