Over at Psychology Today I have been blogging about the psychological significance of children's private speech, a topic that will be familiar to readers of this blog. You can read the post here.
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"An elegantly written, warm, thoughtful, novelistic account... [does] a lovely job of conveying what life with a baby is like." Times Literary Supplement (read more)
"Extraordinary... a cross between a biography of a baby growing into a child, a scientist's case-study notes and a beautifully written novel." Guardian (read more)
"An informed and humane introduction to the literature of infant observation... both a triumph of informed imagination and a startling testament of love." Sunday Telegraph (read more)
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The Baby in the Mirror
The Baby in the Mirror is a non-fiction book about one child's psychological development from birth to three. It is published in the US as A Thousand Days of Wonder. You can read more about the book here, and read some reviews by scrolling down this page. For further information about my work, please visit my homepage. You can follow the book on Facebook and Twitter too.
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From reviews of The Baby in the Mirror
"Outstanding... This beautiful book is highly recommended." Library Journal (read more)
"One of the best books about very small children that I have read." Sunday Telegraph paperbacks round-up
"One of the best books about very small children that I have read." Sunday Telegraph paperbacks round-up
"[A] new father tries to empathise with his daughter's inner workings as she begins to relate to the world - and to others, including himself... illuminates this intense tie between parent and child with a rare, tender, day-to-day absorption. The result is a double portrait: fascinating, unsettling and highly original." Books of the Year, New Statesman (read more)
"An accessible and intimate act of storytelling... fresh, original and delightful." The Psychologist
"A tender, beautifully written account... accessible and jargon-free." Scotsman (read more)
"A painstakingly observed, exquisitely written voyage of discovery... unusual and beautiful..." Guardian (read more)
"The most poetic popular science book of the year... a hard book to put down." Sunday Telegraph (read more)
"It's fascinating about memory and lost time... and the ineffable process by which children acquire language and a sense of selfhood and orientation." Time Out
"Illuminating and often very moving." Big Issue Scotland
"Ambitious and highly intelligent... any parent, particularly one with a young child, will be both moved and enlightened." Financial Times (read more)
"An informed and humane introduction to the literature of infant observation... both a triumph of informed imagination and a startling testament of love." Sunday Telegraph (read more)
"Truly a labour of love... a hymn to a child from a loving father." Sunday Herald (read more)
"Combines a researcher's insights with a parent's unique empathy to create a moving portrait of human consciousness slowly and valiantly cohering in the buffeting current of time." Brian Hall, author of Madeleine's World (read more)
"I have never seen such a beautifully written book on this topic... essential reading for both psychologists and new parents." Paul Bloom, Professor of Psychology, Yale University (read more)
"Unusual and illuminating... Enraptured as a father, absorbed as a psychologist, and seismographically attuned as a writer, Charles Fernyhough gives rare expression to a parent's love and brings us very close to his daughter as she passes from infancy to childhood." Marina Warner (read more)
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