My Years with Ayn Rand

<b>Previous Praise for Nathaniel Branden</b> <p>”Relentlessly revealing. . . the myth of Ayn Rand gives way to a full-sized portrait in contrasting colors, appealing and appalling, potent and paradoxical. . . . it takes a special kind of nerve to write such a book.”<br />–<b>Norman Cousins</b>, author of <i>Head First</i> and <i>The Healing Heart</i></p> <p>Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged is one of the most influential books of the twentieth century-its popular impact ranked second only to the Bible in a major poll. Millions know Rand as one of this century’s great thinkers, writers, and philosophers, yet much about the private Ayn Rand remains shrouded in mystery.</p> <p><b>Who was Ayn Rand?</b></p> <p><i>My Years with Ayn Rand</i> charts the course of the clandestine, tempestuous relationship between the enigmatic author of Atlas Shrugged and The Fountainhead and Nathaniel Branden-her young disciple and future pioneer of the self-esteem movement. In this book, discover the real Ayn Rand through the eyes of the man who became her soul mate and shared her passions and philosophical ideals.</p> <p>Their tragic and tumultuous love story began with a letter written by Branden as an admiring teenage fan and Anded, more than twenty years later, with accusations of betrayal and bitter recriminations. <i>My Years with Ayn Rand</i> paints an unforgettable portrait of Ayn Rand-whose ideas, even today, can generate a maelstrom of controversy.</p>