Marilyn Monroe: On the Couch: Inside the Mind and Life of Marilyn Monroe - Hardcover

Bond, Alma Halbert

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1610881087 ISBN 13: 9781610881081

Publisher: Bancroft Press, 2013

Synopsis

It has been mere days since the brilliant children of the Young Inventors Guild escaped from the clutches of the horrible Komar Romak.They've escaped with their lovely and caring schoolteacher, Miss Brett; with their long-absent parents; and with their bizarre captors, protectors, or both―the mysterious men in black. And now they travel by train, destined for parts unknown.But a note torn from the hand of a dead man in a New York tunnel guarantees that safety is an illusion. When the children’s world is blown apart, life will never be the same again.Soon, the children―Jasper and little Lucy Modest, from London, England; Wallace Banneker, from New York, United States; Noah Canto-Sagas, from Toronto, Canada; and Faye Vigyanveta, from Delhi, India―find themselves in the ancient Italian village of Solemano, deep in a mystery that spans centuries. As they inch toward the truth of the men in black and the secrets they keep, one terrible fact remains:Komar Romak is still out there. He’s still after them, for reasons they can't even begin to imagine.And he knows exactly where they are...From the rolling plains of America to the wide-open waters of the Atlantic, through the Strait of Gibraltar to a remarkable village in the hills of Abruzzo, Italy, The Ravens of Solemano or The Order of the Mysterious Men in Black, the second book of Eden Unger Bowditch’s Young Inventors Guild trilogy, is an adventure like no other, as the children draw ever closer to the answers to the mysteries that surround them.

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About the Author

Dr. Alma H. Bond is the author or co-author of twenty-one published books, including this one. Among her others: Jackie O: On the Couch; Lady Macbeth: On the Couch; Michelle Obama: A Biography; The Autobiography of Maria Callas: A Novel; Margaret Mahler: A Biography of the Psychoanalyst; Camille Claude: A Novel; America's First Woman Warrior: The Story of Deborah Sampson; and Who Killed Virginia Woolf? A Psychobiography.

Dr. Bond received her Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology from Columbia University, graduated from the post-doctoral program in psychoanalysis at the Freudian Society, and was a psychoanalyst in private practice for 37 years in New York City. She ''retired'' to become a full-time writer.

Dr. Bond is a member of the American Society of Journalists and Authors, the Dramatists Guild, and the Authors Guild, as well as a fellow and faculty member of the Institute for Psychoanalytic Training and Research, the International Psychoanalytic Association, and the American Psychological Association. She was one of the first non-medical analysts to be elected to the International Psychoanalytic Association.

Dr. Bond grew up in Philadelphia, where she obtained her undergraduate degree in psychology from Temple University, and following voluntary military service, moved to New York, where she earned a graduate degree in psychology from Columbia University. A longtime resident of New York City, she lived for nearly a dozen years in south Florida, and now resides in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.

Review

If ever anyone could be said to read the minds of the dead, it must be Dr. Alma Bond. She has once again gotten into the soul and spirit of a tragic heroine, this time Marilyn Monroe. As Bond sees her, Marilyn was a needy child, an intelligent woman, a driven actor, and a sexpot extraordinaire all in one, calling on her strengths when needed, resorting to pouty lips and seductive sway when all else failed. We all know the story doesn't end well, but in Bond's capable hands, we have a more thorough understanding of the devils that drive Marilyn to her self-destructive sexual and addictive behaviors. The book is well written, almost all of it from Marilyn's point of view. Fifty years have gone by since her death, and she still remains a thoroughly memorable, iconic sign of her times. Bond captures that with finesse, style, and incredible detail. --Scribes World Reviews (Ann Beardsley)

Many books have been written about Marilyn Monroe, but Marilyn Monroe on the Couch provides insights to the actress who had talent beyond her luminous beauty and yet remained so fragile despite her fame. Dr. Bond focuses on her life from the 1950s and 60s, a time in which she sought the help of a Manhattan psychoanalyst to cope. It's an illuminating book in ways that other writers have sought to achieve but often missed. --Bookviews (Alan Caruba)

Using her experiences and skills as a psychoanalyst for over thirty-seven years, coupled with her vast research, Alma H. Bond has presented, through the voice of a fictitious Manhattan psychoanalyst, Dr. Darcey Dale, a unique and striking picture of Marilyn . . . Bond embraces much of which is familiar to her subject, but her approach allows readers to get a better understanding of this Hollywood icon . . . Bond's Marilyn Monroe on the Couch is an engrossing exploration of a tortured and troubled actress who even today leaves us with more questions than answers. --Norm Goldman, Publisher, Bookpleasures.com

Many books have been written about Marilyn Monroe, but Marilyn Monroe on the Couch provides insights to the actress who had talent beyond her luminous beauty and yet remained so fragile despite her fame. Dr. Bond focuses on her life from the 1950s and 60s, a time in which she sought the help of a Manhattan psychoanalyst to cope. It's an illuminating book in ways that other writers have sought to achieve but often missed. --Bookviews (Alan Caruba)

Using her experiences and skills as a psychoanalyst for over thirty-seven years, coupled with her vast research, Alma H. Bond has presented, through the voice of a fictitious Manhattan psychoanalyst, Dr. Darcey Dale, a unique and striking picture of Marilyn . . . Bond embraces much of which is familiar to her subject, but her approach allows readers to get a better understanding of this Hollywood icon . . . Bond's Marilyn Monroe on the Couch is an engrossing exploration of a tortured and troubled actress who even today leaves us with more questions than answers. --Norm Goldman, Publisher, Bookpleasures.com

About this edition

• Publisher: Bancroft Press
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1610881087
• ISBN 13: 9781610881081
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 228