Growing Up Jung Coming of Age as the Son of Two Shrinks [Paperback]

As the son of two Jungian therapists, the young Micah Toub got a double dose of insight, ranging from the flaky to the profound. Dreamwork, archetypes, conflict resolution, the mind-body connectionToubs childhood was a virtual laboratory of psychology. Enriched with excerpts from Carl Jungs own memoir, and informed by readings and conversations with Jungian gurus and unbelievers alike,[A]n alternately funny and serious romp through [Toubs] youth and young adulthood, with dinner-table conversations featuring parental inquiries into his latest dreams. . . . Toub is a good [writer], with a sharp eye for detail and wry sense of humor.[An] engaging and illuminating memoir. . . . Toub writes with wit, humor, and a penetrating honesty.Wild personal history meets irreverent survey of Jungian psychology in this memoir about growing up as the son of two shrinks.