a memoir Jamison, Kay R. creator text biography nyu New York Alfred A. Knopf 2009 1st ed. monographic eng

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208 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. 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 The 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. Kay Redfield Jamison. n-us--- Jamison, Kay R Wyatt, Richard Jed 1939-2002 Health Jamison, Kay R Wyatt, Richard Jed 1939- Hodgkin's disease Patients United States Biography Psychologists United States Biography Psychiatrists United States Biography Psychiatrists' spouses United States Biography Neoplasms psychology United States Personal Narratives Adaptation, Psychological United States Personal Narratives Attitude to Death United States Personal Narratives Grief United States Personal Narratives Psychiatry United States Personal Narratives Spouses psychology United States Personal Narratives RC644 .J36 2009 616.890092 B WZ 100 J32n 2009 9780307265371 0307265374 2009011096 DNLM/DLC 110512 20250702104614.0 316421115