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May 23, 2023 · A NEW YORKER BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • The acclaimed author of An Unquiet Mind considers the age-old quest for relief from psychological pain and the role of the exceptional healer in the journey back to health. “To treat, even to cure, is not always to heal.”.
May 22, 2023 · After Writing About Mental Illness, Kay Redfield Jamison Turns to Healers. In “Fires in the Dark,” Jamison, known for her expertise on manic depression, delves into the quest to heal. Her...
About Fires in the Dark. The acclaimed author of An Unquiet Mind considers the age-old quest for relief from psychological pain and the role of the exceptional healer in the journey back to health. “To treat, even to cure, is not always to heal.”
May 23, 2023 · Fires in the Dark is an essential reading for those suffering from mental wounds, and a learning experience for those who intend to heal others. The wounded healers, like Paul Robeson, are more powerful.
- Kay Redfield Jamison
May 23, 2023 · Jamison, author of An Unquiet Mind, Touched With Fire, and Night Falls Fast, opens with a graceful portrait of Sir William Osler (1849-1919), the medical pioneer recognized by American doctors a century later as “the most influential physician in history.”
May 19, 2023 · “Fires in the Dark” is a wide-ranging cultural history of mental healing and healers by the author of “An Unquiet Mind.”
May 23, 2023 · Fires in the Dark is a beautiful meditation on the quest and adventure of healing the mind, on the power of accompaniment, and the necessity for knowledge.
- Kay Redfield Jamison
