Bound in scarlet leather, full of dreams and visions: this was the private journal published in 2009 as C.G. Jung’s The Red Book. The influential psychologist analyzed a period of his own inner ...

The reader groans. Still, as literate soap opera, The Red Book is entertaining, even if listening to Ivy League-educated women talk non-stop about motherhood and marriage can grate.

The Red Book includes space for you to record your baby’s milestones: the age at which he first rolls over, sits with support and without, crawls, stands, and takes his first steps.