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With A Woman's Voice - A Writer's Struggle for Emotional Freedom (Hardcover)
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With A Woman's Voice - A Writer's Struggle for Emotional Freedom (Hardcover)
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Having written a bestselling book at 22, survived a harrowing
battle with anorexia nervosa, and pursued a successful career as a
clinical psychologist, Lucy Daniels has led a remarkable life. In
With a Woman's Voice: A Writer's Struggle for Emotional Freedom,
her first book in 40 years, Daniels shares the experience of
overcoming emotional hardships and gaining valuable insights from
them, through psychoanalysis, that has enabled her to help others.
With a Woman's Voice is Daniels' memoir of the struggles she faces
as a writer and a doctor of psychology, struggles that began at a
very young age and continued long after the success of her two
novels. As the child of a wealthy newspaper family, Daniels was
emotionally deprived by her demanding parents and plagued by her
own feelings of inadequacy and helplessness. Sent to a mental
hospital for treatment of her anorexia, she spent years enduring
brutal regimens of electroshock therapy, insulin injections, and
force-feedings. It was during this time that she wrote Caleb, My
Son. Caleb, My Son became a national bestseller, earning accolades
for its portrayal of racial and generational conflict in the South
of the 50s. Her second book, High on a Hill, was a fictional
account of the time she spent in the hospital. Her novels won her a
Guggenheim fellowship and extensive praise. After this early
success, Daniels succumbed to writer's block that lasted several
decades. She tells in her memoir of her decision to examine and
resolve her problems, leading her to seek psychoanalytic treatment
while pursuing a doctorate in clinical psychology. After years of
examining her difficulties and learning how they could be treated,
she created a foundation that helps artists overcome emotional
disorders and gain creative insight from both self-examination and
psychotherapy. With a Woman's Voice recalls these achievements, and
the difficult years that led up to them, with insight, humor, and
wisdom. Daniels provides a moving account of
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