false 361459 13 In <I>Touched with Fire</I>, Kay Redfield Jamison, a psychiatrist, turned a mirror on the creativity so often associated with mental illness. In this book she turns that mirror on herself. With breathtaking honesty she tells of her own manic depression, the bitter costs of her illness, and its paradoxical benefits: "There is a particular kind of pain, elation, loneliness and terror involved in this kind of madness.... It will never end, for madness carves its own reality." This is one of the best scientific autobiographies ever written, a combination of clarity, truth, and insight into human character. "We are all, as Byron put it, differently organized," Jamison writes. "We each move within the restraints of our temperament and live up only partially to its possibilities." Jamison's ability to live fully within her limitations is an inspiration to her fellow mortals, whatever our particular burdens may be. <I>--Mary Ellen Curtin</I> 1805379 book 14 1 1995 An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness total:3365|5:1009|4:1324|3:812|2:191|1:29| 3365 13188 4993 558 5 11 false false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Thu Jul 05 11:07:00 -0700 2007 Thu Jul 05 11:16:08 -0700 2007
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