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Title: Momma and the Meaning of Life : Tales of Psychotherapy by Irvin D. Yalom ISBN: 0060958383 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: October, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.43
Rating: 3
Summary: Momma and the Meaning of Life
Comment: This is the first book by Yalom I have read, and I really enjoyed his non-fiction stories about his encounters with patients. He made me wish I could find a therapist like him myself, even though I wasn't considering therapy. But I didn't enjoy his fiction stories at all. (one problem was my copy is missing page 200, so I never got to read the end of "Double Exposure"). I prefer his stories where he reveals himself along with the patients, and this is missing in the fiction stories. I prefer true stories as much as possible. Still, I am looking forward to reading his other books.
Rating: 5
Summary: Yalom produces a surprisingly revealing account of therapy
Comment: Some of Yalom's previous writings (such as "Love's Executioner") led me to perceive him as a skilled, although somewhat narcissistic, therapist. But this recent volume changed my mind. Yalom provides an unusually revealing look into the mind of a therapist as he struggles to help his patients, while dealing with his own his mortality and losses. The chapter describing his work with a troubled but courageous young widow is particularly moving. The inclusion of fictional short stories (the last two chapters of the book) was interesting, but did not flow well with the other real-life vignettes. I recommend reading the first four chapters, putting the book aside for a couple of weeks, then finishing the the last two. Overall, this is an excellent book for anyone interested in therapy, mortality, and the search for meaning in life.
Rating: 2
Summary: Greatly flawed but decent read.
Comment: The problem with this book is that it leads you to think this a work of complete nonfiction, each chapter being a seperate tale of psychotherapy with patients, and the first 4 chapters were great - but the last two, the last one especially, really annoyed me because I kept thinking 'how could this possibly happen? this is ridiculous. Has this author completely lost his mind?? and when I finished reading the last chapter, I thought to myself, okay, this last chapter completely destroys all credibility this book ever had. Then I went to the copyright page, curious to see if it was listed as fiction or nonfiction, and what do i find? 'nonfiction except for chapters 5 and 6, which are works of fiction' well gee thanks for telling us ahead of time, would have made the reading a lot more enjoyable if i had known that!!
As I said, despite disagreeing with some fundamental aspects of Dr. Yalom's therapy, I did enjoy and gain insight from the first three chapters. But the last two really destroyed it for me. I'd give it a 4, but if you read it knowing the last two chapters are fiction, it would probably be upgraded to a 7.
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Title: The Gift of Therapy: An Open Letter to a New Generation of Therapists and Their Patients by Irvin Yalom ISBN: 0066214408 Publisher: HarperCollins Pub. Date: 24 December, 2001 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
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Title: Love's Executioner : & Other Tales of Psychotherapy by Irvin D. Yalom ISBN: 0060958340 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 05 September, 2000 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Lying on the Couch : A Novel by Irvin D. Yalom ISBN: 0060928514 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: August, 1997 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: When Nietzsche Wept: A Novel of Obsession by Irvin D. Yalom ISBN: 0060975504 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: August, 1993 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Every Day Gets a Little Closer: A Twice-Told Therapy by Irvin D. Yalom, Ginny Elkin ISBN: 0465021182 Publisher: Basic Books Pub. Date: November, 1990 List Price(USD): $18.00 |
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