Torn In Two by Rozsika Parker
New, revised edition of this bold and exciting book. More and more women confess uneasily to finding motherhood as much a source of pain as pleasure. Rozsika Parker presents a new understanding of maternal ambivalence, suggesting that the coexistence of love and hate can stimulate and sharpen a mother's awareness of what is going on between her and her child. Drawing on interviews, clinical material from her practice as a psychoanalytic psychotherapist and a range of literary sources, Torn in Two is original and accessible. With new readings of the work of Klein, Winnicott, Bowlby and others, this book offers invaluable - and often reassuring - insight into the conflicts confronting women at every stage of motherhood.
TORN IN TWO is a major and novel contribution to our understanding of the complexities of motherhood with implications that branch out in many directions * Juliet Mitchell *
Gripping stuff* IRISH TIMES *
Her book may help reassure other mothers that they are not alone in experiencing such bewildering, contradictory emotions towards their children. * THE TIMES *
A very rich book full of case material. * SELF AND SOCIETY *
Gripping stuff* IRISH TIMES *
Her book may help reassure other mothers that they are not alone in experiencing such bewildering, contradictory emotions towards their children. * THE TIMES *
A very rich book full of case material. * SELF AND SOCIETY *
Rozsika Parker is a psychotherapist in practice in London where she lives with her children. She has had books published in the fields of art history and psychoanalysis.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781844081714 |
| ISBN 10 | 1844081710 |
| Title | Torn In Two |
| Author | Rozsika Parker |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Year published | 2005-09-01 |
| Number of pages | 352 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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