{"product_id":"we-want-so-much-to-be-ourselves-paperback","title":"We Want So Much to Be Ourselves - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eStephen O'Connor\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eA German psychoanalyst, his Jewish wife, and their young daughter are swept up in the rising tide of fascism\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGünter Zeitz, psychoanalyst-in-training and the son of a Catholic country doctor, and Josine Rosen, Sigmund Freud's patient and the daughter of a Jewish shipping magnate, first meet in 1924, in Freud's Viennese waiting room. As their intense affair develops, Freud arranges for Günter's appointment to the newly created Berlin Psychoanalytic Institute. Shortly after the move, their daughter Hannah is born. But less than a decade later, all their hopes and ideals are profoundly challenged by political realities so horrific that they are, initially, beyond comprehension.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA heartrending story of love in a time of hatred, an absorbing investigation into the Nazis' exploitation of psychoanalysis, and a cautionary tale about self-deception and the failures of a people to recognize the lies of their charismatic leader, \u003ci\u003eWe Want So Much to Be Ourselves\u003c\/i\u003e examines the ways science can be corrupted and one's very identity transformed by historical circumstance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eStephen O'Connor\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of seven books including two novels, \u003ci\u003eThomas Jefferson Dreams of Sally Hemings\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWe Want So Much to Be Ourselves\u003c\/i\u003e, and the short story collection \u003ci\u003eHere Comes Another Lesson\u003c\/i\u003e. His fiction has appeared in the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHarper's Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBest American Short Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, among other publications, and his nonfiction has been published in the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNation\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere. He teaches fiction and nonfiction writing at Sarah Lawrence College and lives in Manhattan.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 496\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.4 x 8.1 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 09, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43441889738841,"sku":"9781954276581","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0736\/6465\/9545\/files\/lWy19gqb_a9781954276581.webp?v=1781730351","url":"https:\/\/warrenssanctuaryofthemind.myshopify.com\/fr\/products\/we-want-so-much-to-be-ourselves-paperback","provider":"Warren's sanctuary of the mind","version":"1.0","type":"link"}