For Bishop Auckland-based novelist Charles Fernyhough, the birth of his daughter Athena was an opportunity to re-evaluate much of what he had learned as a lecturer and researcher in developmental psychology. Drawing on the detailed notes he kept on her development, Fernyhough uses Athena’s story as an entry point into an account of how the young child’s mind develops before the age of three. This unique book taps into a parent's wonder at the processes of psychological development in an engaging, child-centred way. It is written with a father’s tenderness and a novelist’s empathy and style. Funny, touching and fascinating, it will allow parents to understand the extraordinary journey their child makes during the momentous first three years of life. Fernyhough’s previous work includes the novel The Auctioneer.

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