The Orpheus Project: A Novel

· Aeon Books
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A harrowing story of sexual abuse, privilege and trauma.

It's Christmas Eve, and a young woman with Down's syndrome has just disclosed abuse by two men. The problem is she is a member of the British aristocracy and the men she accuses are a top politician and a rock star. How does a national health team struggle with the situation of alleged abuse by the elite and super rich? Despite a traitor in their midst, the team uncovers the appalling reality of the abusive international cult known as The Orpheus Project with its mysterious American spokesperson and powerful connections. This is the world of conspiracy theories; the Orpheus Project and the secret society that surrounds it seek to offer a form of immortality through deliberately installed dissociative disorders.

At the core of this powerful novel is the story of a mother and daughter who find a way of reuniting, and the longterm consequences of childhood trauma.

About the author

Dr Valerie Sinason is a widely published poet, writer, retired child psychotherapist and adult psychoanalyst who specialised in work with abuse, abusing, disability and dissociation for four decades. She was also on the council of the British Poetry Society and a member of the women’s poetry theatre group, Prodigal Daughters.

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