My Three Mothers and Other Passions

by Sophie Freud

Overview

Sophie Freud— author, teacher, social worker, mother, daughter, and grand-daughter of Sigmund Freud—here offers, for the first time, a candid portrait of her struggles in her own life. Blessed and cursed with the legacy of a famous family, Dr. Freud has negotiated her way from a blissful childhood in Vienna, to Paris, to Radcliff College, to her present-day life as on one of the most respected teachers in her field. My Three Mothers and Other Passions is a remarkable story about a remarkable woman, and Dr. Freud explores with us openly and engagingly the many experiences of her life.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780814728932
Publisher:	New York University Press
Publication date:	11/21/2023
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	464
Sales rank:	748,197
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Sophie Freud is Professor of Social Work, Simmons College, Boston. She is a writer, a teacher, and lectures widely in North America and abroad.

What People are Saying About This

Mary Pharis

There are many riches in this book.... Taken together, they cover the force and electricity of the author's many passions. Sophie Freud shows us in this book that, like her aunt and grandfather, she is a compelling and powerful figure, every bit as full of depth, intensity, complexity and drama as her famous relatives.
— Mary Pharis, Associate Professor, School of Social Work, University of Texas at Austin

Helen Northen

A pleasure to read.... The style is delightful; it weaves together research, science, theories of behavior, autobiographical narrative, poetry, and folklore.... Many social workers will be better practitioners or teachers from having read it.
— Helen Northen, Professor Emeritus University of Southern California

Editorial Reviews

Sophie's Freud has written a beautiful book about love, passion, women, failure, and many other things. She is not afraid to open her heart to us, and it would be a hard heart that could not love her in return.
— The Washington Post

Phyllis Grosskurth

An intimately confessional and touching book.
— The New York Review of Books

Michael Ignatieff