Adam Brant is a charismatic and successful analyst, until he meets the traumatised but beautiful patient Anne Marie, with whom he falls in love and begins an illicit, passionate affair. The affair leads him to ultimate disgrace via an alcoholic and violent downfall, and her to the end he should have, but did not foresee. And then there is Adam's former wife Shirley and her chaotic relationships with men, but especially her inexplicable inability to completely remove Adam from her life. Interspersed with Freudian theory, and insights into complex behaviours, this book leads the reader to a new and disturbing vision of human frailties inevitably encountered during life's interactions.