Author

Contributions

  • Kaufman, Jennifer - Contributor

Publication

2013 - G. P. Putnams Sons, a member of Penguin Group (USA) Inc., New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

89,250 words, Guess

Page Count

357 pages

Identifiers

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Classifications

  • DDC813/.6
  • LCCPS3613.A272548 F74 2013

Description

A tale inspired by the affair between Sigmund Freud and his sister-in-law depicts the struggles of Minna Bernays, an educated woman uninterested in conventional women's roles who becomes fascinated with her brother-in-law's pioneering theories. 1895 Vienna. Minna Bernays finds herself out on the street and out of options. 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. While Martha is shocked and repulsed by her husband's "pornographic" work, Minna is fascinated. 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.

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