{"product_id":"bothered-by-alligators-9780415684569","title":"Bothered By Alligators","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eMilner's final text, \u003cem\u003eBothered by Alligators\u003c\/em\u003e, came about when, in her nineties, she unexpectedly came across a diary she had kept during the early years of her son's life, recording his conversations and play between the ages of two and nine. With it was a storybook written and illustrated by him when he was about seven years old. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhilst working on the material, Milner gradually realised that both diary and storybook were provoking questions she realised had scarcely been asked, let alone answered in her own analysis. Through her memories, her notebooks and by interpreting her own previously discarded drawings and paintings, she reaches a point of awareness that they were depicting things she did not know in herself, addressing her relationships not only with her son but also with her husband, her father, and in particular, her mother. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLike many of Milner's earlier books there is a deeply personal quality to \u003cem\u003eBothered by Alligators\u003c\/em\u003e, but it is a quality \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Bothered by Alligators \u003cem\u003eis a fascinating addition to her bibliography. It combines the two primary strains in her writing – the making of diaries and the analysis of images. And as the most autobiographical of her books, it might be regarded as a summation, the last words and thoughts of a writer who was continually thinking with that lively, enquiring and deliciously quirky mind, and who was also willing to take risks in her writing, by spontaneously expounding her unexpurgated thought processes.\"\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e- Margaret Walters, From the Introduction\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Bothered by Alligators\u003cem\u003e is a fascinating addition to her bibliography. It combines the two primary strains in her writing – the making of diaries and the analysis of images. And as the most autobiographical of her books, it might be regarded as a summation, the last words and thoughts of a writer who was continually thinking with that lively, enquiring and deliciously quirky mind, and who was also willing to take risks in her writing, by spontaneously expounding her unexpurgated thought processes.\"\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e- Margaret Walters, From the Introduction\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWalters, \u003c\/em\u003eIntroduction. \u003cstrong\u003ePart I: The Diary.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Diary and the Story Book. \u003cstrong\u003ePart II: The Story Book.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003ePart III: Thinking About The Story Book.\u003c\/strong\u003e My First Thoughts about the Story Book. \u003cstrong\u003ePart IV:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eTowards a Change of Aim.\u003c\/strong\u003e Crosses, Trees and No Arms and Feet. Water, Tears and a Use of Gravity. \u003cstrong\u003ePart V: Using My Own Pictures.\u003c\/strong\u003e Always Protecting Your Mother. Two New Free Drawings. Play of Making Collages from My Failed Paintings. \u003cstrong\u003ePart VI: Different Kinds of Order.\u003c\/strong\u003e Words Made Flesh. The Incantation and \"The Hidden Order of Art\". \u003cstrong\u003ePart VII: The Family Setting. \u003c\/strong\u003eMy Father, His Breakdown and Recovery. My Mother and Us Three Children. Me Being Physically Ill and the Undine Story. \u003cstrong\u003ePart VIII: D. W. Winnicott and Me.\u003c\/strong\u003e Being in Analysis with D.W. Winnicott. A D.W. Paper on Disillusion About What One Gives. D.W.’S Doodle Drawings. \u003cstrong\u003ePart IX: Towards\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eWholeness.\u003c\/strong\u003e Towards Bringing Bits of Oneself Together. The Easter Story. An Area for the Play of Opposites. Useable Dreams. Appendix: Last Pages.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51018182918487,"sku":"9780415684569","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780415684569.jpg?v=1750775927","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/bothered-by-alligators-9780415684569","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}