Synopses & Reviews
With fascinating insight, impeccable research, and captivating writing, controversial psychoanalyst Jeffrey Masson, a new father himself, introduces us to the world's best dads. Masson, a superb storyteller, showcases the extraordinary behavior of outstanding fathers, heroes among animals, including:
* the wolf -- and why wolves make good fathers and dogs don't
* the beaver, who encourages his young to cling to his tail as he navigates through ponds
* the sea horse, the only male animal that gives birth to its young
* the marmoset, the South American monkey who carries his babies for the first two years of their lives wherever he goes.
Masson also examines nature's worst fathers: lions, langurs, bears -- and humans. He explains that when a father does care for his young, as with the beaver, we immediately look for a biological and not an emotional explanation. But Masson demonstrates that for these animals, as with humans, fatherhood is a profound, all-encompassing experience.
For animal lovers, fathers, mothers, sons, and daughters everywhere, The Emperor's Embrace is an audiobook that will forever change our perceptions of parenthood and family love.
Synopsis
Drawing on his own experience as a father of a 22-year-old and a toddler, Masson demonstrates that fatherhood is an all-encompassing experience for many animals and that they have a lot to teach humans.
About the Author
Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson is the author of several books, including Dogs Never Lie About Love, When Elephants Weep, The Assault on Truth, Final Analysis, and My Father's Guru. After receiving a Ph.D. in Sanskrit and Indian Studies from Harvard, he completed a full clinical training program in psychoanalysis at the Toronto Psychoanalytic Institute. Masson served for one year as Projects Director of the Sigmund Freud Archives in London. He now lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.