Bringing Up War-Babies

Focusing on the wartime child, the book explores the unsettling intersections of women's writing and early psychoanalysis during and after World War II. It utilizes diverse materials, including biographical, literary, and historical sources, to reveal unexpected connections and insights into how these themes were expressed and understood in that tumultuous period. The examination sheds light on the complexities of childhood experiences during wartime and their representation in literature and psychoanalytic thought.