6/11/2023 0 Comments Behave by andromeda romano laxDetailing a multitude of infidelities and contentious views on love and child-rearing, Romano-Lax’s narrative delivers a researched yet passionate exploration of, well, sex. Watson in the Roaring Twenties to her waning years as a mother in the 1930s. Behave spans Rosalie’s adult life, from her undergraduate career at Vassar to her tumultuous relationship with Dr. More often regarded as a “historical footnote” (in Romano-Lax’s words) than as a scientist, Rosalie now boasts an entire fictional biography. In Behave, Andromeda Romano-Lax’s novel released today from Soho Press, we’re introduced to the father of behavioral psychology through the eyes of his research assistant-turned-lover-turned-second wife: Rosalie Rayner. If you think this sounds too sensational to be true, you’d be wrong. Sons raised as guinea pigs for behavioral research. A messy divorce splashed across the headlines. Controversial scientific theories tested on infants. An affair between a married professor and a young grad student.
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