{"title":"Prophecy Coles","description":"\u003cp\u003eProphecy Coles explores the depths of human thought and emotion through works that blend philosophy with psychological insight. Readers will find narratives that challenge conventional perspectives and invite profound reflection on identity and the human condition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith titles such as \u003cem\u003eThe Shadow of the Second Mother\u003c\/em\u003e, Coles crafts stories that linger in the mind, offering contemplative and often introspective journeys. These books appeal to those seeking literature that thoughtfully engages with life's complexities and inner landscapes.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-shadow-of-the-second-mother-by-prophecy-coles-9780415637213","title":"The Shadow of the Second Mother","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Shadow of the Second Mother\u003c\/i\u003e explores why there has been such little interest in psychology, social history, and biography in the important contribution that ‘second mothers’, such as wet nurses and nannies, have made to the emotional life of the children they have nursed. For the last three thousand years and throughout most civilisations, they have nurtured the children of the privileged, and kept alive the abandoned and unwanted child. Yet, there has been a profound silence surrounding the influence they may have had.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe author explores the lives of several well-known people who have been wet nursed, such as Michelangelo, Rousseau, Jack London, Nabokov, and Klein. She speculates that they all were affected emotionally by their ‘second mother’, and concludes that a universal feature of such delegated mothering seems to be that the bond between mother and child is broken, leaving the child with a life-long distrust of close relationships. In \u003ci\u003eThe Shadow of the Second Mother\u003c\/i\u003e, Coles combines an exploration of attachment theory with neurology, providing an explanation as to why these important figures have lain unnamed and ignored in our social and psychological consciousness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis intriguing new approach to an ancient practice will be fascinating reading for psychotherapists, psychoanalysts, sociologists, and students of social history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47608169988332,"sku":"9780415637213","price":388.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/d409131fc7eb46898aedcf16a3c52cff.jpg?v=1778202886"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/prophecy-coles.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}