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The Body Never Lies: The Lingering Effects of Hurtful Parenting
Alice Miller
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Description for The Body Never Lies: The Lingering Effects of Hurtful Parenting
Paperback. An examination of childhood trauma and its surreptitious, debilitating effects by one of the world's leading psychoanalysts. Translator(s): Jenkins, Andrew. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JFFE1; JMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 198.
Never before has world-renowned psychoanalyst Alice Miller examined so persuasively the long-range consequences of childhood abuse on the body. 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—be it cancer, stroke, or other debilitating diseases. 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 childrearing methods have resulted in ... Read more
Never before has world-renowned psychoanalyst Alice Miller examined so persuasively the long-range consequences of childhood abuse on the body. 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—be it cancer, stroke, or other debilitating diseases. 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 childrearing methods have resulted in ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
Weight
199g
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780393328639
SKU
V9780393328639
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99-35
About Alice Miller
Alice Miller (1923-2010) is the author of such classic works as The Drama of the Gifted Child, Prisoners of Childhood, The Body Never Lies, From Rage to Courage, and Free from Lies.
Reviews for The Body Never Lies: The Lingering Effects of Hurtful Parenting
"Alice Miller’s arguments are lucid, closely reasoned, and utterly convincing."
Elaine Kendall - Los Angeles Times Book Review
Elaine Kendall - Los Angeles Times Book Review