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It might not be immediately obvious how this book, written by a professional historian with no obvious interest in psychoanalytic issues, is relevant to psychoanalytic practice and theory. It is my contention, however, that Boswell's book will deepen the psychoanalytic understanding of a wide range of topics encountered in practice and theory, topics such as incest, abuse, parricide, abortion, infertility, adoption, and the abandonment of children.
Boswell's research has revealed that the abandonment