About the book: 2016 / The book provides one of the first systematic descriptions in modern psychological literature of the phenomenon of a replacement child, born in order to compensate parents for the loss of their deceased child. The material for the study is the life stories of famous people, as well as cases from medical practice. An analysis of the personal experiences of substitute children is provided, the factors influencing them are identified, as well as preventive and therapeutic measures designed to weaken the possible psychological consequences of the status of a substitute child..