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Welcome to the LitCharts study guide on Kay Redfield Jamison's An Unquiet Mind. Created by the original team behind SparkNotes, LitCharts are the world's best literature guides.
All in the Family. Toward the end of the memoir, Kay Redfield Jamison writes of her close relationships with her young nephews and 11-year-old niece—the latter she describes as being “very determined to become a writer.” Jamison’s niece is Leslie Jamison, who is now the author of a novel and several lauded books of nonfiction, including The Empathy Exams and Make it Scream, Make it Burn. Her debut novel, The Gin Closet, detailed the relationship between a young New Yorker and her estranged alcoholic aunt.