ABSTRACT

This book describes different instances of trauma that may have occurred several generations ago. It explores the work of several psychoanalysts who have written on the negative effect that unknown or unremembered grandparents can have upon the life of their grandchildren.

chapter One|10 pages

Aeschylus and ancestral history

chapter Two|15 pages

Sophocles and the fate of adoption

chapter Three|16 pages

Sibling ghosts

chapter Four|12 pages

Grandmother’s footsteps

chapter Five|15 pages

The nurse

chapter Six|13 pages

The trauma of war

chapter Seven|12 pages

Brain development and trauma