"If you liked "Loving Frank" and "The Paris Wife", you'll love "Freud's Mistress"."--Katie Couric "It's a fascinating story told in an utterly compelling fashion. . . . A wonderful, engaging, and bittersweet novel. I absolutely loved it."--Garth Stein, "New York Times" bestselling author of "The Art of Racing in the Rain" "Delicious . . . Will enthrall readers."--"People" (4 stars) "Absorbing and provocative . . . A great read . . . I've been recommending it to friends."--Erica Jong, #1 "New York Times" bestselling author "Book groups looking for a great selection? Look no more! This is Sigmund Freud like we've never known him. Insecure, passionate, even sexy. Who knew?"--Esmeralda Santiago, "New York Times" bestselling author of "Conquistadora" "It is almost impossible to pass up a novel inspired by Sigmund Freud's rumored affair with his sister-in-law. This is a story that will appeal to the Pleasure Principle of many a reader."--Whitney Otto, author of "Eight Girls Taking Pictures "and "How to Make an American Quilt" "A compelling story . . . Vividly creates not just the world in which Freud and Minna and Martha lived, but the inner life and emotions of Minna as well."--"Orange County Register" "An intriguing, illuminating, and wholly engrossing account of the affair between Sigmund Freud and his headstrong, intelligent sister-in-law, Minna Bernays. Karen Mack and Jennifer Kaufman render fin-de-siecle Vienna and the Freud household so vividly one can almost smell the coal fires and cigar smoke."--Jennifer Chiaverini, author of "Mrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker" "What a wow of a novel . . . Irresistible."--Liz Smith