Nothing Was the Same (Vintage)

Fromtheinternationallyacclaimedauthorof"AnUnquietMind,"anexquisite,hauntingmeditationonmortality,grief,andloss.PerhapsnoonebutKayRedfieldJamison--whocombinestheacuteperceptionsofapsychologistwithawriterlyeleganceandpassion--couldbringsuchadelicatetouchtothesubjectoflosingaspousetocancer.Indirect,straightforward,andattimesstrikinglylyricalprose,Jamisonlooksbackatherrelationshipwithherhusband,RichardWyatt,arenownedscientistwhobattleddebilitatingdyslexiatobecomeoneoftheforemostexpertsonschizophrenia.Andwithhercharacteristichonesty,candor,wit,andsimplicity,shedescribeshisdeath,herownlong,difficultstrugglewithgrief,andhereffortstodistinguishgrieffromdepression.ButshealsorecallsthegreatjoythatRichardbroughtherduringthenearlytwentyyearstheyhadtogether.Wrylyhumorousanecdotesminglewithbittersweetmemoriesofarelationshipthatwaspassionateandloving--iftroubledonoccasionbyhermanic-depressive(bipolar)illness--asJamisonrevealsthewaysinwhichherhusbandencouragedhertowriteopenlyabouthermentalillnessand,throughhiscourageandgracetaughthertolivefully.Apenetratingpsychologicalstudyofgriefviewedfromdeepinsidetheexperienceitself,"NothingWastheSame"isalsoadeeplymovingmemoirbyasuperbwriter."FromtheHardcoveredition."