Thanks to Danielle L. Dill of Berkley, NAL, I am giving away one print copy of Freud’s Mistress.
Book Description:
For fans of The Paris Wife, Loving Frank, The Other Boleyn Girl and Shanghai Girls . . . a novel inspired by the true-life love affair between Sigmund Freud and his sister-in-law, Minna Bernays.
Minna Bernays is an overeducated woman with limited options. Fired yet again for speaking her mind, she finds herself out on the street and out of options. In 1895 Vienna, even though the city is aswirl with avant-garde artists and writers and revolutionary are still very few options for women besides marriage. And settling is not something Minna has ever done.
Out of desperation, Minna turns to her older sister, Martha, for help. But Martha has her own problems — six young children, a host of physical ailments, a household run with military precision, and an absent, overworked, disinterested husband who happens to be Sigmund Freud. Freud is a struggling professor, all but shunned by his peers and under attack for his theories, most of which center around sexual impulses, urges, and perversions. While Martha is shocked and repulsed by her husband’s “pornographic” work, Minna is fascinated.
Minna is everything Martha is not—intellectually curious, an avid reader, stunning. But while she and Freud embark on what is at first simply an intellectual courtship, something deeper is brewing beneath the surface, something Minna cannot escape.
About Karen Mack and Jennifer Kaufman:
Karen Mack, a former attorney, is a Golden Globe award-winning film and television producer. Jennifer Kaufman is a former staff writer for the Los Angeles Times and a two-time winner of the national Penney-Missouri Journalism Award. They both reside in Los Angeles and this is their third novel. Their first novel,Literacy and Longing in L.A. was on the Los Angeles Times bestseller list for 15 weeks reaching #1 and won the Best Fiction Award from the Southern California Bookseller’s Association. Their second novel, A Version of the Truth, was also on the L.A. Times bestseller list.
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Fascinating and extremely interesting.
I like that it is historical fiction and think it looks very interesting
I know little of Freud’s private life.
I think Freud is an interesting figure. Thanks for the giveaway..
I really liked Loving Frank, so would be interested to read another fictionalized account of a possibly real relationship.
I find it interesting that Mina is seeing her sister’s husband, that has to make for a great read, and I want to see how it will end.
I don’t know much about Freud, and I enjoy historical fiction. Thanks for the giveaway!
Wow, I was spellbound by the description of this novel…whoever wins this giveaway is a lucky ducky. I wish I had spotted it in time…