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The Examined LifeHow We Lose and Find Ourselves by Stephen Grosz

**Chatto & Windus, €18.90**

**Reviewed by Brendan Daly**

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After stabbing himself in the neck, chest and arms, Peter was referred to psychoanalyst Stephen Grosz. But Peter soon broke off contact with him and, two months later, Grosz received a letter from Peter's fiancée to say Peter had killed himself. Grosz, who had just started his practice, was devastated. Six months later, ...