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Purporting to be a biography and a presentation of his teachings, the subject of this book is as distorted in the text as the wretched portrait of Freud on the dustjacket.
Freud repeatedly advised that productive speculation about him would be focused on his scientific contributions rather than on data of his life; he knew, moreover, that popular primers of his discoveries
could not be written without furthering their misrepresentation.
Included in this book is a presumptuous 'Freud Glossary' which is grossly erroneous. Little wonder the author characterizes The Ego and the Id as difficult to understand, even by 'trained freudians'! Such an easily ascertainable datum as the street number of Freud's home (mentioned several times) is incorrect by an even 100. With breezy journalism, the author peddles her book by promising to show 'how the theories of Freud can be used by most people today in order to meet what they fear with more courage, thus achieving what we all want most, greater happiness', and how 'Freud's creed of self-honesty could guide young people facing conflicts in themselves and a world torn by conflict'.