
Withrealisticacumenandartisticexpertise,ADIEULACANportraysthestrugglesofayoungwoman,Seriema,whoistryingtounderstandwhyherpathtomotherhoodhasreachedanunbearableimpasse.Followingtwomiscarriagesandthepossiblelossofhermarriage,SeriematravelstoParisin1972toundergopsychoanalytictreatmentwiththemaverickFrenchanalyst,JacquesLacan.Heranalysisisanattempttohelphertodisentangletheenigmaofherquestion:whyhasmotherhoodbecomeaseemingimpossibility?InspiredbythestoryofBettyMilan,aBrazilianpsychoanalystandwriter,itfollowscloselyherownactualpsychoanalysiswithLacan.Basedonherplay"Goodbye,Doctor"andhernovel"Lacan'sParrot,"inwhichMilanrecountsheranalyticwork,ADIEULACANoffersaninsightfulandaccurateaccountofanactualpsychoanalyticcure.—MavisHimes
