num_pages: 352
description: When a traumatized Jewish girl is admitted to the town asylum for alleged nymphomania, Dr. Hoffmann of 1850s Frankfurt exhausts all traditional forms of treatment before resorting to a talking form of therapy, a technique that enables the doctor to connect with the patient and come to terms with his own past. Reprint. 17,500 first printing.
language: English
title: 98 Reasons for Being
titlecomplete: 98 Reasons for Being
genres: Fiction, Historical, Mental Health, Adult Fiction, Mental Illness, Historical Fiction
ratings_count: 159
publisher: Penguin Books