An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness... by Kay Redfield Jamison

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The personal memoir of a manic depressive and an authority on the subject describes the onset of the illness during her teenage years and her determined journey through the realm of available treatments. Reprint. 125,000 first printing. NYT.

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Both my mother and father strongly encouraged my interests in writing poetry and school plays, as well as in science and medicine.

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Kay Redfield Jamison (Author)
Kay R. Jamison

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An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness (Vintage) (edit title)

Kay Redfield Jamison (Author), Kay R. Jamison (None) (edit contributors)