Paths of Life: Seven Scenarios

Miller, Alice

ISBN 10: 0375403795 / ISBN 13: 9780375403798

Published by Pantheon Books, New York, 1998

About this Item

8vo, 188 pp.

Seller Inventory # 062866

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Paths of Life: Seven Scenarios
• Publisher: Pantheon Books, New York
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0375403795
• ISBN 13: 9780375403798
• Binding: hardcover
• Edition: 1st.
• Condition: Fine copy in fine dust jacket
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Seller catalogs:
  • Psychology

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Synopsis

"Her writing is lovely, and speaks to the nature of the human soul."--Newsday

From the world-famous Swiss psychologist whose book The Drama of the Gifted Child has become a classic, here are seven "life stories" exploring the countless ways in which our families and our childhood experiences form us and turn us into the people we are today.

How do early experiences of love or suffering affect our adult relationships? What effect is child abuse likely to have on the victim's later life? How does hatred evolve and take root? How do people develop into cult leaders or political tyrants? Through the seven hypothetical scenarios and two essays that make up Paths of Life, Miller examines these questions and many others. Her narratives demonstrate that with knowledge and understanding of our past we have the power to change our future, freeing ourselves from the curse of repeating our parents' mistakes. In this, her eighth book, Alice Miller has given us yet another wise and profound study of the inestimable importance of childhood.

"Alice Miller wrote the book on narcissistic parents and the havoc they wreak on children. Twenty years later, she's still on the case with a new book and even more radical ideas."--Mirabella


From the Trade Paperback edition.

About the Author

Alice Miller lives in Switzerland.


From the Trade Paperback edition.