Title:
Nothing was the same : a memoir
Author:
Edition:
First Vintage Books edition.
Publication Date:
2011
2009
Publication Information:
New York : Vintage Books, 2011.
©2009
Physical Description:
207 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
ISBN:
9780307277893
Abstract:
A psychiatrist recounts her marriage to a renowned scientist who overcame severe dyslexia to become an expert on schizophrenia. She describes his slow surrender to cancer and her own struggles to overcome grief and depression.
General Note:
Originally published: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2009.
Contents:
Part 1. Assured by love. The pleasure of his company ; Lilacs and a Roman ring -- Part 2. Last champagne. Broken portions ; Raining stars ; Joy be the starlight -- Part 3. Of something lost. Wildflowers and granite ; Mourning and melancholia ; Fugitive dyes.
Language:
English
