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The three essays which comprise the chapters of Alice Miller's contribution to the literature on narcissistic disorders attempt to address the problem of the genesis and treatment of narcissistic disturbances. The subtitle on the jacket sharpens her focus and reveals her hypothesis: "How Narcissistic Parents Form and Deform the Emotional Lives of Their Gifted Children." Psychoanalysts will be particularly interested in the first chapter of this book; here, Miller's insistent