Presenter, journalist and author Christine Westermann loves books. Here she presents her new discoveries every two weeks. This week: “With All Due Respect” by Jane Campbell.
What does a psychiatrist do when there is a young woman lying on his couch whom he finds attractive? Who attracts him so magically that he has the distinct feeling that he is suddenly falling in love? If he is professional enough, he does nothing.
“It’s not that unusual for analysts to fall in love with their patients. It only matters when the analyst loses control. And that didn’t happen to me,” Dr. Joe Bradshaw says smugly at some point.
He is a professional and will not risk his license or his marriage for the young Agnes. It takes a few years and two divorces before he admits that in every woman, especially in Agnes, he is actually looking for his mother, who died young.