num_pages: 240
description: The daughter of the famed child psychologist recounts her father's rise to celebrity and her parents' attempt to heal their own childhood wounds through his fame, revealing the author's feelings of unworthiness in the face of her father's idealized image and his ability to connect with strangers better than with members of his family. 25,000 first printing.
language: English
title: In The Shadow of Fame: A Memoir by the Daughter of Erik H. Erikson
titlecomplete: In The Shadow of Fame: A Memoir by the Daughter of Erik H. Erikson
genres: Memoir
ratings_count: 61
publisher: Viking Adult