Freud's Mistress

Reviews / Votes

"If you liked Loving Frank and The Paris Wife, you'll love Freud's Mistress."-Katie Couric

"It's a fascinating story told in an utterly compelling fashion. . . . A wonderful, engaging, and bittersweet novel. I absolutely loved it."-Garth Stein, New York Times bestselling author of The Art of Racing in the Rain

"Delicious . . . Will enthrall readers."-People (4 stars)

"Absorbing and provocative . . . A great read . . . I've been recommending it to friends."-Erica Jong, #1 New York Times bestselling author

"Book groups looking for a great selection? Look no more! This is Sigmund Freud like we've never known him. Insecure, passionate, even sexy. Who knew?"-Esmeralda Santiago, New York Times bestselling author of Conquistadora

"It is almost impossible to pass up a novel inspired by Sigmund Freud's rumored affair with his sister-in-law. This is a story that will appeal to the Pleasure Principle of many a reader."-Whitney Otto, author of Eight Girls Taking Pictures and How to Make an American Quilt

"A compelling story . . . Vividly creates not just the world in which Freud and Minna and Martha lived, but the inner life and emotions of Minna as well."-Orange County Register

"An intriguing, illuminating, and wholly engrossing account of the affair between Sigmund Freud and his headstrong, intelligent sister-in-law, Minna Bernays. Karen Mack and Jennifer Kaufman render fin-de-siecle Vienna and the Freud household so vividly one can almost smell the coal fires and cigar smoke."-Jennifer Chiaverini, author of Mrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker

"What a wow of a novel . . . Irresistible."-Liz Smith