Klein's ideas about children, along with her many innovations in adult therapy, placed her in the top ranks of a group of 20th-century psychoanalysts who pioneered the study of early childhood psychology

[A] seminal psychoanalytic thinker

Rose introduces each topic with skill and clarity

Exceptionally well-written...a fascinating account of the current state of play in the neurosciences

Compelling... The job of demystifying science is completed with style, jargon-free and elegantly written

Fascinating and engaging

Your One Wild and Precious Life . . . will transform your thinking

It reframed so much for me

The rotund nature of the work makes it feel like a foundational text, accessible to anyone who seeks to know more about themselves and something any trainee psychologist would enjoy. It astutely examines how attachments to people or patterns can speed up, stunt or spark our growth, and, most importantly, what we can do about it.

No matter where you locate yourself in this book there's an energy to the prose that makes it a fascinating read.

But if every love story is a ghost story, as David Foster Wallace says, then Gaffney's new book resurrects your original love story and the ghost that it conjures. She provides instructions on how to vanquish the past and understand connection, so a new cycle of living is possible.

This book is a powerful reminder that history does not have to dictate our future if we can, somehow, amid the chaos of life, listen now and again.

This book is a practical guide to making the most of our lives, within a revised framework, at every stage.

Gaffney invariably gets to the core of things and always seems to talk to one directly. If she has a recipe for facing the next stage in life, it's going to be one worth trying

An expertly organised tour through life