A child who is the centre of her parents’ life is torn away in the darkness and left to grow up in the hostile hills of the north country. Over time, recognizing that she has outgrown the couple who raised her, she begins a relationship with an artist, who initiates her into the wider world and adulthood.
Psyche is the gripping story of a wealthy urban mother’s anguish and powerlessness when her child is kidnapped and the abandoned child’s remarkable resilience as she ultimately finds redemption through art, education, and psychology.
This 1959 international bestseller focuses on issues of character and environment in an unconventional coming of age story that draws the reader into an exploration of the decidedly modern themes of kidnapping, sexual assault, and the sex trade industry.
Phyllis Brett Young (1914 - 1996) is the author of six works of fiction. Her novels, including Psyche, The Torontonians, Undine, and A Question of Judgement, have appeared in numerous editions and languages in Canada, the United States, and Europe.
Editors Nathalie Cooke and Suzanne Morton are, respectively, associate dean of Arts and professor of history, McGill University
