An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness

Written by:
Kay Redfield Jamison
Narrated by:
Kay Redfield Jamison

Abridged Audiobook

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73
Narrator
11
Release Date
January 2010
Duration
2 hours 47 minutes
Summary
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A deeply powerful memoir about bipolar illness that has both transformed and saved lives—with a new preface by the author. 

Dr. Jamison is one of the foremost authorities on manic-depressive (bipolar) illness; she has also experienced it firsthand. For even while she was pursuing her career in academic medicine, Jamison found herself succumbing to the same exhilarating highs and catastrophic depressions that afflicted many of her patients, as her disorder launched her into ruinous spending sprees, episodes of violence, and an attempted suicide.

Here Jamison examines bipolar illness from the dual perspectives of the healer and the healed, revealing both its terrors and the cruel allure that at times prompted her to resist taking medication.
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Donna B

A brilliant book, that made me understand and feel less alone as a manic depressive/bipolar sufferer myself.

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Anonymous

I felt so heard, so seen and so understood by Kay’s experience. Thank you for being so vulnerable and sharing this with us. I was moved to tears feeling less alone on this ride of Bipolarity

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