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“This intimate portrait of the feminist psychoanalyst who shook the Freudian establishment links the inner woman to the public figure, rebel and maverick," declared PW , calling the book "the fullest, most insightful biography of Horney to date.”
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“Susan Quinn has written an excellent book, sophisticated in its judgments, and with a candor that does justice to her courageous subject.”
Phyllis Grosskurth, New York Review of Books

“‘A Mind of her Own’ is excellent, sympathetic but not adulatory, clear about the theories and factions that are important in understanding Horney’s career and rich in anecdotes.”
Rosemary Dinnage, New York Times Book Review

Chosen as one of the “Best Books of 1987” by the Library Journal.
Winner of the 1988 L.L. Winship Award for best book by a New England author.

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