Investigates the long-range consequences of childhood abuse on the body. Using the experiences of the author's patients along with biographical stories of literary giants such as Virginia Woolf, Franz Kafka and Marcel Proust, this work shows how a child's humiliation, impotence and bottled rage will...

Investigates the long-range consequences of childhood abuse on the body. Using the experiences of the author's patients along with biographical stories of literary giants such as Virginia Woolf, Franz Kafka and Marcel Proust, this work shows how a child's humiliation, impotence and bottled rage will manifest itself as adult illness.