In this cultural history of the treatment and healing of suffering, Kay Jamison writes about what makes an effective healer, and the role of imagination and memory in the regeneration of the mind.
What The Reviewers Say
Judith Warner,
The Washington Post
Not a book for the lazy or the linear-minded.
Kirkus
The author studs her narrative with luminous figures such as Paul Robeson and Robert Graves.
Publishers Weekly
Jamison... brings personal and professional insight to this rigorous, deeply felt meditation on psychological healing.