{"product_id":"meryl-streep-on-the-couch-hardcover","title":"Meryl Streep: On the Couch - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlma Bond\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMeryl Streep is a Hollywood icon, a political activist, a twenty-plus Oscar-nominated actress, and a mystery. \u003cem\u003eThe Devil Wears Prada\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eKramer v. Kramer\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eJulie \u0026amp; Julia\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eMama Mia!, \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eSophie's Choice\u003c\/em\u003e―Meryl does it all. But who is she when the camera stops rolling? What are the thoughts that she keeps hidden? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEnter Dr. Darcy Dale. The most successful psychoanalyst in New York City, Dr. Dale has treated a number of the most famous and exceptional women in the world. Marilyn Monroe, Jackie O., and Barbra Streisand have all managed to find their way to the doorstep of this psychoanalyst''s office. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFully aware of Dr. Dale's notability, Streep decides to pay her a call, but not for psychiatric treatment. The actress hopes to observe Dr. Dale as a means of preparing for her next role as a psychoanalyst. The two strike a deal: Streep will undergo analysis herself, just as psychoanalysts must do as part of their education. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the newest installment of her On the Couch series, Dr. Alma H. Bond gives us a seat on the couch next to Meryl as the actress prepares for her next role, and Dr. Dale performs an analysis of one of Hollywood's most talented actresses. What follows is one of the most thorough and comprehensive biographies of Meryl Streep. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this detailed guide to all that made Meryl, anything you have ever wondered is chronicled in Dr. Dale's session notes. In-depth research spanning Streep's ancestry, childhood, college years, romantic entanglements, and more all finds its way onto these pages. Anyone who has ever wanted to learn more about Meryl Streep as a person, or has an interest in her acting methods, will undoubtedly lap up this book's fascinating contents. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMeryl Streep: On the Couch\u003c\/em\u003e offers what no other biography can: a psychoanalytic perspective into the life and mind of Meryl Streep. While the media gives us the most versatile and amazing actress of her generation, Dr. Bond gives us the mother, the wife, the woman. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn in February 1923 and still going strong, Dr. Alma H. Bond is the author or co-author of more than two dozen published books, among them: \u003cem\u003eJackie O: On the Couch\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eLady Macbeth: On the Couch\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eMarilyn Monroe: On the Couch\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eHillary Clinton: On the Couch\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eBarbra Streisand: On the Couch\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eMichelle Obama: A Biography\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eThe Autobiography of Maria Callas: A Novel\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eMargaret Mahler: A Biography of the Psychoanalyst\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eCamille Claude: A Novel\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eAmerica's First Woman Warrior: The Story of Deborah Sampson\u003c\/em\u003e; and \u003cem\u003eWho Killed Virginia Woolf? A Psychobiography\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDr. Bond received her Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology from Columbia University, graduated from the post-doctoral program in psychoanalysis at the Freudian Society, and was a psychoanalyst in private practice for 37 years in New York City. Following an accident-induced coma from which she was not expected to recover, she \"retired\" to become a full-time writer. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDr. Bond is a member of the American Society of Journalists and Authors, the Dramatists Guild, and the Authors Guild, as well as a fellow and faculty member of the Institute for Psychoanalytic Training and Research, the International Psychoanalytic Association, and the American Psychological Association. She was one of the first non-medical analysts to be elected to the International Psychoanalytic Association. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDr. Bond grew up in Philadelphia, where she obtained her undergraduate degree in psychology from Temple University, and following voluntary military service, moved to New York, where she earned a graduate degree in psychology from Columbia University. A longtime resident of New York City, she lived for nearly a dozen years in south Florida, five years in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, and now in Allentown, PA. \u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 260\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 9 x 6.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 07, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50525980983545,"sku":"9781610884990","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/oH--QXTDTV9781610884990.webp?v=1790214678","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/meryl-streep-on-the-couch-hardcover","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}