By James M. Herzog. 324 pp., illustrated. Hillsdale, N.J., Analytic Press, 2001. $49.95. ISBN 0-88163-259-7.
Riveting page turners are more the exception than the rule inpsychoanalytic explorations, and James Herzog has written afine one in his Father Hunger. Right from the preface, we knowthat this will be a passionate and revelatory book about the"other" crucial human intimate in the child's universe, as seenthrough the eye, ear, mind, and heart of an able clinician.He sets himself the following task: "to accompany, even in terror;to refuse to extract myself, even at a cost; and to try to helpso that a person who requests my assistance, and with whom . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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