The Shadow of the "Second Mother" explores why has there been such little interest, in psychology, social history and biography, in the important contribution that 'second mothers', such as wet nurses and nannies, have had upon the emotional life of the ch..
The author explores the lives of several well-known people who have been wet nursed, such as Michelangelo, Rousseau, Jack London, Nabokov and Klein. She speculates that they all were affected emotionally by their ‘second mother’, and concludes that a u..
At public school he suffers bullying and at home his only friend is Nelly Tovey, a young maid... Living on a pittance in London, after being disowned by his family, he becomes seriously ill and is nursed by the devoted Nelly. Although certain of their love..
Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1921 edition. Excerpt: ...juice. Corn poppies, that in crimson dwell, Called Headaches, from their sickly smell. John..
