Katja Behling was born in 1963. She studied for a PhD in Medicine and trained as a psychotherapist whilst also working as a medical journalist. She currently live in Hamburg and is the author of Zu Tisch bei Sigmund Freud (Vienna, 2000).

"A remarkable story."—Prospect"Behling evokes a Martha who is a far more substantial woman that the 'adored sweetheart in youth' and 'beloved wife in maturity' Freud apostrophized. This book stands alone or as worthy companion to any biography of Freud."—Lisa Appignanesi"Finally a long overdue biography of Martha Freud gives us an authentic picture of the family life of her husband, Sigmund Freud. Speculations about Freud's personal life which range from the trivial to the salacious will need to shop short on the frontier of this excellent portrait of a highly ethical and decent human being and the hard work and the love it takes to establish and transmit these qualities. Martha Freud constructed a network of child- and husband-care and social concern whose inspiration and independence prohibits dismissive attitudes towards the traditional stereotype of the good hausfrau under which she has laboured. Behling's book gives us a picture of a particular woman which makes us rethink our general categories."—Juliet Mitchell, University of Cambridge

• List of IllustrationsForewordAnton W. FreudPrefaceAcknowledgementsHAMBURGA Hamburg ChildhoodThe Move to ViennaIsaac Bernays, Martha's GrandfatherBerman Bernays, Martha's FatherEmmeline Bernays, Martha's MotherThe Lovely MarthaCupid's ArrowWandsbekThe Cocaine Episode: an Opportunity MissedParisEli Bernays, Martha's BrotherTill Death Us Do PartVIENNABerggasse 19Minna Bernays, Martha's SisterSigmund and Martha FreudTravelBerlinFriendsMartha as a MotherThe Freud FamilyMartha's ChildrenLater Years: She was 'Normal'IllnessesLONDONEmigrationRefuge in HampsteadThe Death of Her HusbandThe Second World WarThe Final YearsMartha's DeathMartha and Her Influence on PsychoanalysisMartha Freud, an EpilogueAPPENDIXChronological TableNotesBibliographyIndex

Katja Behling was born in 1963. She studied for a PhD in Medicine and trained as a psychotherapist whilst also working as a medical journalist. She currently live in Hamburg and is the author of Zu Tisch bei Sigmund Freud (Vienna, 2000).

"A remarkable story."—Prospect"Behling evokes a Martha who is a far more substantial woman that the 'adored sweetheart in youth' and 'beloved wife in maturity' Freud apostrophized. This book stands alone or as worthy companion to any biography of Freud."—Lisa Appignanesi"Finally a long overdue biography of Martha Freud gives us an authentic picture of the family life of her husband, Sigmund Freud. Speculations about Freud's personal life which range from the trivial to the salacious will need to shop short on the frontier of this excellent portrait of a highly ethical and decent human being and the hard work and the love it takes to establish and transmit these qualities. Martha Freud constructed a network of child- and husband-care and social concern whose inspiration and independence prohibits dismissive attitudes towards the traditional stereotype of the good hausfrau under which she has laboured. Behling's book gives us a picture of a particular woman which makes us rethink our general categories."—Juliet Mitchell, University of Cambridge

• List of IllustrationsForewordAnton W. FreudPrefaceAcknowledgementsHAMBURGA Hamburg ChildhoodThe Move to ViennaIsaac Bernays, Martha's GrandfatherBerman Bernays, Martha's FatherEmmeline Bernays, Martha's MotherThe Lovely MarthaCupid's ArrowWandsbekThe Cocaine Episode: an Opportunity MissedParisEli Bernays, Martha's BrotherTill Death Us Do PartVIENNABerggasse 19Minna Bernays, Martha's SisterSigmund and Martha FreudTravelBerlinFriendsMartha as a MotherThe Freud FamilyMartha's ChildrenLater Years: She was 'Normal'IllnessesLONDONEmigrationRefuge in HampsteadThe Death of Her HusbandThe Second World WarThe Final YearsMartha's DeathMartha and Her Influence on PsychoanalysisMartha Freud, an EpilogueAPPENDIXChronological TableNotesBibliographyIndex

Katja Behling was born in 1963. She studied for a PhD in Medicine and trained as a psychotherapist whilst also working as a medical journalist. She currently live in Hamburg and is the author of Zu Tisch bei Sigmund Freud (Vienna, 2000).

"A remarkable story."—Prospect"Behling evokes a Martha who is a far more substantial woman that the 'adored sweetheart in youth' and 'beloved wife in maturity' Freud apostrophized. This book stands alone or as worthy companion to any biography of Freud."—Lisa Appignanesi"Finally a long overdue biography of Martha Freud gives us an authentic picture of the family life of her husband, Sigmund Freud. Speculations about Freud's personal life which range from the trivial to the salacious will need to shop short on the frontier of this excellent portrait of a highly ethical and decent human being and the hard work and the love it takes to establish and transmit these qualities. Martha Freud constructed a network of child- and husband-care and social concern whose inspiration and independence prohibits dismissive attitudes towards the traditional stereotype of the good hausfrau under which she has laboured. Behling's book gives us a picture of a particular woman which makes us rethink our general categories."—Juliet Mitchell, University of Cambridge

• List of IllustrationsForewordAnton W. FreudPrefaceAcknowledgementsHAMBURGA Hamburg ChildhoodThe Move to ViennaIsaac Bernays, Martha's GrandfatherBerman Bernays, Martha's FatherEmmeline Bernays, Martha's MotherThe Lovely MarthaCupid's ArrowWandsbekThe Cocaine Episode: an Opportunity MissedParisEli Bernays, Martha's BrotherTill Death Us Do PartVIENNABerggasse 19Minna Bernays, Martha's SisterSigmund and Martha FreudTravelBerlinFriendsMartha as a MotherThe Freud FamilyMartha's ChildrenLater Years: She was 'Normal'IllnessesLONDONEmigrationRefuge in HampsteadThe Death of Her HusbandThe Second World WarThe Final YearsMartha's DeathMartha and Her Influence on PsychoanalysisMartha Freud, an EpilogueAPPENDIXChronological TableNotesBibliographyIndex