{"product_id":"we-want-so-much-to-be-ourselves-9781954276581","title":"We Want So Much to Be Ourselves","description":"\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-17992838\"\u003eStephen O'Connor\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bellevue Literary Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/09\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 496\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.28lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.50w x 1.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781954276581\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1954276583\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC019000\"\u003eLiterary\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC014050\"\u003eHistorical | 20th Century | World War II \u0026amp; Holocaust\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC045000\"\u003eFamily Life | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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","brand":"Bellevue Literary Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46933740028043,"sku":"9781954276581","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0626\/5100\/7115\/files\/img_1bcf723e-ff22-4169-810e-0ce489ba2f47.jpg?v=1778869145","url":"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/products\/we-want-so-much-to-be-ourselves-9781954276581","provider":"CA Corrections Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}