Romana Negri, known for her pioneering work in neonatal intensive care units, here presents the transcribed tapes of her detailed observation of a normally developing infant in a family context, an observation which Martha Harris supervised for three years. The story represents a unique record of the normal, but unique, growth of an individual personality from birth onwards. Other chapters in the book present observations of children in hospital that formed part of their diagnostic assessment, and the book includes some commentaries by Donald Meltzer and Martha Harris together.