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The Thief of Happiness: The Story of an Extraordinary Psychotherapy
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Beacon Pr
Publication date
January 1, 2002
Pages
276
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780807072424
ISBN-10
0807072427
Dimensions
0.75 by 6.25 by 9 in.
Weight
1.20 lbs.
Availability§
Out of Print
Original list price
$24.00
§As reported by publisher
Summaries and Reviews
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Amazon.com description: Product Description: "Compulsively readable."
Francine Prose, O: The Oprah Magazine
The Thief of Happiness is the story of a seven year therapy between the author and the mysterious Dr. Singâa therapy that was part cult of two, part enchantment, and part love story. In an age when the great and subtle gifts of therapy are downplayed in favor of psychopharmacology, Friedman has written the most detailed and vivid portrayal yet of what actually goes on between therapist and patient.
"[S]trangely profound. . . . [an author] with a great eye for detail."
âJoshua Wolf Shenk, The Washington Post
"[E]xcellent in the way H.D.'s [Tribute to Freud] is: it illuminates the intricate, murky relationship between therapy and real life . . . Friedman is at her best when relaying the delicately nuanced exchanges that occur between the patient and therapist. . . . The book could, like Anne Lamott's Bird by Bird, develop a cult following."
âPublishers Weekly
"The memoir is sometimes dismissed as a genre for the self-absorbed and self-pitying, yet The Thief of Happiness is neither. . . . An impressive accomplishment and a fine addition to the existing literature on therapy."
âCarmela Ciuraru, Forward
Francine Prose, O: The Oprah Magazine
The Thief of Happiness is the story of a seven year therapy between the author and the mysterious Dr. Singâa therapy that was part cult of two, part enchantment, and part love story. In an age when the great and subtle gifts of therapy are downplayed in favor of psychopharmacology, Friedman has written the most detailed and vivid portrayal yet of what actually goes on between therapist and patient.
"[S]trangely profound. . . . [an author] with a great eye for detail."
âJoshua Wolf Shenk, The Washington Post
"[E]xcellent in the way H.D.'s [Tribute to Freud] is: it illuminates the intricate, murky relationship between therapy and real life . . . Friedman is at her best when relaying the delicately nuanced exchanges that occur between the patient and therapist. . . . The book could, like Anne Lamott's Bird by Bird, develop a cult following."
âPublishers Weekly
"The memoir is sometimes dismissed as a genre for the self-absorbed and self-pitying, yet The Thief of Happiness is neither. . . . An impressive accomplishment and a fine addition to the existing literature on therapy."
âCarmela Ciuraru, Forward
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Hardcover
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from Beacon Pr (January 1, 2002)
9780807072424 | details & prices | 276 pages | 6.25 × 9.00 × 0.75 in. | 1.20 lbs | List price $24.00
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