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FREUD'S MISTRESS
By: Karen Mack
Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam
July 2013
On Sale: July 9, 2013
368 pages
ISBN: 0399163077
EAN: 9780399163074
Kindle: B00AEBEVPU
Hardcover / e-Book
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His theories would change the worldΓ’β¬βand tear hers apart. A page-turning novel inspired by the true-life love affair between Sigmund Freud and his sister-in-law. It is fin-de-siΓΒ¨cle Vienna and Minna Bernays, an overeducated ladyΓ’β¬β’s companion with a sharp, wry wit, is abruptly fired, yet again, from her position. She finds herself out on the street and out of options. In 1895, the city may be aswirl with avant-garde artists and revolutionary ideas, yet a womanΓ’β¬β’s only hope for security is still marriage. But Minna is unwilling to settle. Out of desperation, she turns to her sister, Martha, for help. Martha has her own problemsΓ’β¬βsix young children and an absent, disinterested husband who happens to be Sigmund Freud. At this time, Freud is a struggling professor, all but shunned by his peers and under attack for his theories, most of which center around sexual impulses. And while Martha is shocked and repulsed by her husbandΓ’β¬β’s Γ’β¬ΕpornographicΓ’β¬Β work, Minna is fascinated. Minna is everything Martha is notΓ’β¬βintellectually curious, engaging, and passionate. She and Freud embark on what is at first simply an intellectual courtship, yet something deeper is brewing beneath the surface, something Minna cannot escape. In this sweeping tale of love, loyalty, and betrayalΓ’β¬βbetween a husband and a wife, between sistersΓ’β¬βfact and fiction seamlessly blend together, creating a compelling portrait of an unforgettable woman and her struggle to reconcile her love for her sister with her obsessive desire for her sisterΓ’β¬β’s husband, the mythic father of psychoanalysis.
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