Should You Leave?
1st Edition
Published on 23. July 2013
320 pages
978-1-4767-3710-2 (ISBN)
Description
In his phenomenal bestseller Listening to Prozac, Peter Kramer explored the makeup of the modern self. Now, in his superbly written new book, he focuses his intelligent, compassionate eye on the complexities of partnerships and why intimacy is so difficult for us. With the art of a novelist and the skill of a brilliant psychiatrist, Kramer addresses advice seekers struggling with such complex questions as: How do we choose our partners? How well do we know them? How do mood states affect our assessment of them and theirs of us? What does ?working on a relationship? truly entail? When should we try to improve a relationship, and when should we leave? Equally at home with Shakespeare, Emerson, and Kierkegaard as it is with Freud and Jung, Should You Leave? is a literary tour de force from a uniquely insightful observer and a profoundly resonant and helpful approach to resolving dilemmas of the heart.
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Person
Peter D. Kramer is a psychiatrist and faculty member of Brown Medical School specializing in the area of clinical depression
Content
- Intro
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Meetings
- 1. A Piece of Advice
- 2. Al Fresco
- 3. Finding You
- 4. Welcome to the Club
- 5. Obvious Pitfalls
- 6. Guy Talk
- Matches
- 7. Biancas
- 8. Homecoming
- 9. Allegiance
- 10. Also Connect
- 11. Imperatives
- 12. Like As
- Moods
- 13. Force Majeure
- 14. Enfant de Bohème
- 15. Howard's End
- 16. Unequivocal Eye
- 17. Mixed Signals
- Misgivings
- 18. Abie's Irish Rose
- 19. Simple Gifts
- Merit
- 20. What Means Should
- 21. The Art of the Deal
- Meeting
- 22. Wednesday at Ten
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Index
- Copyright
