Labyrinths: Emma Jung, Her Marriage to Carl & the Early Years of Psychoanalysis

Emma Jung was expected to marry someone from her own wealthy haut-bourgeois background. Instead she choose Carl Jung, a penniless doctor working in a lunatic asylum. Through him she entered the new and scandalous world of psychoanalysis, in time becoming a fine analyst in her own right. Labyrinths tells the story of Emma's unconventional marriage, and their friendship and feuds with Freud. With its piercing look into the processes of mind and heart, Clay lays bare the life and legacy of the Jungs, offering a fresh narrative by placing the spotlight on the woman behind the famous man,