| Contents |
1 Fame and the Fairy Tale 1 -- 2 The Orinda Years 11 -- 3 My Parents' Childhoods 38 -- 4 They Meet 66 -- 5 Achieving the Fantasy: Fame 90 -- 6 Berkeley in the 1960s 107 -- 7 New Beginnings 126 -- 8 Becoming a Psychoanalyst 145 -- 9 Laurence Olivier 162 -- 10 The Quest for Understanding 171 -- 11 Going Public Myself 191 -- 12 The Eye of the Beholder 211. |
| Abstract |
The daughter of the famed child psychologist recounts her father's rise to celebrity and her parents' attempt to heal their own childhood wounds through his fame, revealing Erik H. Erikson's ability to connect with strangers better than with members of his family. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-229). |
| LCCN | 2004057160 |
| ISBN | 067003374X (alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780670033744 (alk. paper) |
