Friday 56 & #BookBeginnings: Freud's Mistress

For Book Beginnings: The season for suicides had begun. - p. 1


For Friday 56: How could the man walk so fast and smoke so much? They ended up directly in front of the Greek-columned Houses of Parliament. She leaned over, unhooked the first few buttons of her boots, and quickly straightened up, ignoring a moment of vertigo, the heat perhaps. - p. 57
I don't really know much about Sigmund Freud except for the usual common knowledge mention about psychoanalysis and everything being rooted in something sexual. So here I am dipping my feet into some more historical fiction about this then controversial man and his mistress to boot!

Really enjoying this one so far; it's an easy read. Well, in comparison to my recent read of Telegraph Avenue by Michael Chabon which was good stuff, just long and involved. So, what are you reading?
Synopsis of Freud's Mistress by Karen Mack and Jennifer Kaufman: A page-turning novel inspired by the true-life love affair between Sigmund Freud and his sister-in-law, Minna Bernays, set in Vienna in 1895. Minna is everything her sister Martha is not—intellectually curious, an avid reader and a beguiling beauty. She and Freud embark on what is at first simply an intellectual courtship, yet something deeper is brewing beneath the surface, something Minna cannot escape. In this sweeping tale of love, loyalty, and betrayal—between a husband and a wife, between sisters—fact and fiction seamlessly blend together to offer an intimate peek at Minna’s profound influence on the founding father of psychoanalysis, while revealing her unforgettable story of internal conflict and passion.