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In this volume, Bion's autobiography continues with All My Sins Remembered, the title of which is derived from the line, “The fair Ophelia! Nymph, in thy orisons / Be all my sins rememb'red”, from Act 3, Scene 1, of Hamlet.
The Long Week-End and All My Sins Remembered cover the first fifty years of Bion's life. Partly because Bion's depressive feelings figure strongly in the pages of these, Francesca wished to give equal representation to the optimistic and loving side of the man, so she published with the second book a selection of his letters to the family, written during his last thirty or so years, giving it the title, The Other Side of Genius. The letters require no further introduction and speak for themselves.
The “Envoi” by Francesca Bion, which concludes the book, is taken from her contribution to the Memorial Meeting for Wilfred Bion held by the British Psychoanalytical Society on 20 February 1980.