The Body Never Lies by Alice Miller
World-renowned psychoanalyst Alice Miller has devoted a lifetime to studying how the cruelties inflicted on children cripple them as adults. In this new work, Miller goes further, investigating the long-range consequences of childhood abuse on the body--be it cancer, stroke or other debilitating illnesses. Using the experiences of her patients along with the biographical stories of literary giants such as Virginia Woolf, Franz Kafka and Marcel Proust, Miller shows how a child's humiliation, impotence and bottled rage will manifest itself as adult illness. Never one to shy away from controversy, Miller urges society as a whole to jettison its belief in the Fourth Commandment and not to extend forgiveness to parents whose tyrannical child-rearing methods have resulted in unhappy, and often ruined, adult lives. This empowering book will enable readers to come to terms with their repressed emotions and break the cycle of violence.
ALICE MILLER, the Swiss psychoanalyst, is the author of such classic works as The Drama of the Gifted Child and Prisoners of Childhood. She lives in Switzerland. Author Website: www alice-miller.com
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| ISBN 13 | 9780393060652 |
| ISBN 10 | 0393060659 |
| Title | The Body Never Lies |
| Author | Alice Miller |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | WW Norton & Co |
| Year published | 2005-05-17 |
| Number of pages | 160 |
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