This book is his memoir of his father and those times. When the song was finished, kate wrote to peter reich. In his 1973 memoir a book of dreams, peter reich writes touchingly about the strange world that father and son shared, how he struggled with. The book of dreams, a historical fiction novel by tim severin. Buy a book of dreams by peter reich online at alibris. Here, peter reich writes vividly and movingly of the mysterious experiences he shared with his father. The book that inspired kate bushs hit song cloudbusting. Cloudbusting was inspired by a book that i found in a shop. This famous book, the inspiration behind kate bushs 1985 hit song cloudbusting, is the extraordinary account of life as friend, confidant and child of the brilliant but persecuted austrian psychoanalyst wilhelm reich. A book of dreams the book that inspired kate bushs hit song cloudbusting kindle edition by reich, peter.
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