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Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam
July 2013
On Sale: July 9, 2013
368 pages
ISBN: 0399163077
EAN: 9780399163074
Kindle: B00AEBEVPU
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His theories would change the world—and 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-siècle Vienna and Minna Bernays, an
overeducated lady’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 woman’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 problems—six 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 husband’s
“pornographic†work, Minna is fascinated. Minna is everything Martha is not—intellectually 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
betrayal—between a husband and a wife, between
sisters—fact 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 sister’s husband, the mythic
father of psychoanalysis.
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