Best Dysfunctional Families Books
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1. Set Boundaries, Find Peace: A Guide to Reclaiming Yourself
Author: by Nedra Glover Tawwab
English
304 pages
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The instant New York Times bestsellerEnd the struggle, speak up for what you need, and experience the freedom of being truly yourself.Healthy boundaries. We all know we should have them-in order to achieve work/life balance, cope with toxic people, and enjoy rewarding relationships with partners, friends, and family.
But what do “healthy boundaries” really mean-and how can we successfully express our needs, say “no,” and be assertive without offending others? Licensed counselor, sought-after relationship expert, and one of the most influential therapists on Instagram Nedra Glover Tawwab demystifies this complex topic for today’s world.
In a relatable and inclusive tone, Set Boundaries, Find Peace presents simple-yet-powerful ways to establish healthy boundaries in all aspects of life. Rooted in the latest research and best practices used in cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), these techniques help us identify and express our needs clearly and without apology-and unravel a root problem behind codependency, power struggles, anxiety, depression, burnout, and more.
2. Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents
Author: by Lindsay C. Gibson
New Harbinger Publications
English
216 pages
If you grew up with an emotionally immature, unavailable, or selfish parent, you may have lingering feelings of anger, loneliness, betrayal, or abandonment. You may recall your childhood as a time when your emotional needs were not met, when your feelings were dismissed, or when you took on adult levels of responsibility in an effort to compensate for your parent’s behavior.
These wounds can be healed, and you can move forward in your life. In this breakthrough book, clinical psychologist Lindsay Gibson exposes the destructive nature of parents who are emotionally immature or unavailable. You will see how these parents create a sense of neglect, and discover ways to heal from the pain and confusion caused by your childhood.
By freeing yourself from your parents’ emotional immaturity, you can recover your true nature, control how you react to them, and avoid disappointment. Finally, you’ll learn how to create positive, new relationships so you can build a better life. Discover the four types of difficult parents:The emotional parent instills feelings of instability and anxietyThe driven parent stays busy trying to perfect everything and everyoneThe passive parent avoids dealing with anything upsettingThe rejecting parent is withdrawn, dismissive, and derogatory
3. Finding Freedom: A Cook's Story; Remaking a Life from Scratch
Author: by Erin French
English
304 pages
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New York Times Bestseller*From Erin French, owner of the critically acclaimed The Lost Kitchen, a TIME world dining destination, a life-affirming memoir about survival, renewal, and finding a community to lift her upLong before The Lost Kitchen became a world dining destination with every seating filled the day the reservation book opens each spring, Erin French was a girl roaming barefoot on a 25-acre farm, a teenager falling in love with food while working the line at her dad’s diner and a young woman finding her calling as a professional chef at her tiny restaurant tucked into a 19th century mill.
This singular memoira classic American storyinvites readers to Erin’s corner of her beloved Maine to share the real person behind the girl from Freedom fairytale, and the not-so-picture-perfect struggles that have taken every ounce of her strength to overcome, and that make Erin’s life triumphant.
In Finding Freedom, Erin opens up to the challenges, stumbles, and victories that have led her to the exact place she was ever meant to be, telling stories of multiple rock-bottoms, of darkness and anxiety, of survival as a jobless single mother, of pills that promised release but delivered addiction, of a man who seemed to offer salvation but in the end ripped away her very sense of self.
4. 1-2-3 Magic: Gentle 3-Step Child & Toddler Discipline for Calm, Effective, and Happy Parenting
Author: by Thomas Phelan Ph.D.
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English
320 pages
“Everywhere you go, you keep overhearing other moms say to their misbehaving children, ‘That’s one.That’s two. That’s three.’ And then you watch in disbelief as their kid actually stops!” PopSugar MomsAre you the parent of a strong-willed child?
Is bedtime a nightly battle? Are you looking to get your kids to behave without yelling? Whether you have a toddler, preschooler, or school-aged child, this parenting book can help you create a calm, happy home.”Phelan’s method has a proven track record of ending the negotiations and getting kids back on track…
1-2-3 {Magic} is the gold standard of child discipline for good reason. ” Library Journal-STARREDSince kids don’t come with a manual, 1-2-3 Magic is the next best thing. Dr. Thomas Phelan has developed the #1 selling child discipline book in the country – a quick, simple, and scientifically proven way to parent that actually works!
Using his signature counting method, Dr. Phelan helps parents to quickly, calmly, and effectively stop behaviors like tantrums and meltdowns, whining and pouting, talking back, sibling rivalry and more in toddlers, preschoolers, and middle schoolers. He guides parents through drama-free discipline methods that will help with:Getting kids to listen Dealing with difficult/spirited children How to discipline a toddler What to do about sibling rivalry No drama when you disciplineDr. Phelan also covers how you can easily establish positive routines with children ages 2 12 around: Bedtime Dinnertime Homework Getting up and out in the morning and tips for strengthening your relationship with your kidsMillions of parents from all over the world have used the award-winning 1-2-3 Magic to raise happier families and put the fun back into parenting, combining love and logic to make you a more peaceful parent with a happy kid.”1-2-3 Magic simplifies everything I’ve read in other books, which makes it very easy to follow.
5. Gay Girl, Good God: The Story of Who I Was, and Who God Has Always Been
Author: by Jackie Hill Perry
English
208 pages
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I used to be a lesbian. In Gay Girl, Good God, author Jackie Hill Perry shares her own story, offering practical tools that helped her in the process of finding wholeness. Jackie grew up fatherless and experienced gender confusion. She embraced masculinity and homosexuality with every fiber of her being.
She knew that Christians had a lot to say about all of the above. But was she supposed to change herself? How was she supposed to stop loving women, when homosexuality felt more natural to her than heterosexuality ever could?
At age nineteen, Jackie came face-to-face with what it meant to be made new. And not in a church, or through contact with Christians. God broke in and turned her heart toward Him right in her own bedroom in light of His gospel.
Read in order to understand. Read in order to hope. Or read in order, like Jackie, to be made new.
6. Will I Ever Be Good Enough?: Healing the Daughters of Narcissistic Mothers
Author: by Dr. Karyl McBride Ph.D.
Atria Books
English
243 pages
From experienced family therapist Dr. Karyl McBride, Will I Ever Be Good Enough? Is an essential guide to recovery for women with selfish, emotionally abusive, and toxic mothersdesigned to help daughters reclaim their lives. The first book for daughters who have suffered the abuse of narcissistic, self-involved mothers, Will I Ever Be Good Enough?
Provides the expert assistance you need in order to overcome this debilitating history and reclaim your life. Drawing on more than two decades of experience as a therapist specializing in women’s health and hundreds of interviews with suffering daughters, Dr. Karyl McBride helps you recognize the widespread effects of this emotional abuse and create an individualized program for self-protection, resolution, and complete recovery.
Narcissistic mothers teach their daughters that love is not unconditional, that it is given only when they behave in accordance with maternal expectations and whims. As adults, these daughters have difficulty overcoming feelings of inadequacy, disappointment, emotional emptiness, and sadness.
7. Recovering from Emotionally Immature Parents: Practical Tools to Establish Boundaries and Reclaim Your Emotional Autonomy
Author: by Lindsay C. Gibson
New Harbinger Publications
English
224 pages
In this important sequel to Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents, author Lindsay Gibson offers powerful tools to help you step back and protect yourself at the first sign of an emotional takeover, make sure your emotions and needs are respected, and break free from the coercive control of emotionally immature parents.
Growing up with emotionally immature (EI) parents can leave you feeling lonely and neglected. You may have trouble setting limits and expressing your feelings. And you may even be more susceptible to other emotionally immature people as you establish adult relationships.
In addition, as your parents become older, they may still treat your emotions with mockery and contempt, be dismissive and discounting of your reality, and try to control and diminish your sense of emotional autonomy and freedom of thought. In short, EIs can be self-absorbed, inconsistent, and contradictory.
So, how can you recover from their toxic behavior? Drawing on the success of her popular self-help book, Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents, author Lindsay Gibson offers yet another essential resource. With this follow-up guide, you’ll learn practical skills to help you recognize the signs of an EI, protect yourself against an emotional takeover, reconnect with your own emotions and needs, and gain emotional autonomy in all your relationships.
8. The Pale-Faced Lie: A True Story
Author: by David Crow
English
356 pages
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Spur Award Winner for Best Western First Nonfiction Book Spur Award Finalist for Best Western Contemporary Nonfiction IPPY Silver Award for Best Memoir Next Generation Indie Award for Best Memoir (Overcoming Adversity) International Book Award for Best True Crime Readers’ Favorite Gold Medal, Nonfiction DramaA violent ex-con forces his son to commit crimes in this unforgettable memoir about family and survival.
Growing up on the Navajo Indian Reservation, David Crow and his three siblings idolized their dad, a self-taught Cherokee who loved to tell his children about his World War II feats. But as time passed, David discovered the other side of Thurston Crow, the ex-con with his own code of ethics that justified cruelty, violence, lieseven murder.
Intimidating David with beatings, Thurston coerced his son into doing his criminal bidding. David’s mom, too mentally ill to care for her children, couldn’t protect him. Through sheer determination, David managed to get into college and achieve professional success. When he finally found the courage to refuse his father’s criminal demands, he unwittingly triggered a plot of revenge that would force him into a deadly showdown with Thurston Crow.
9. Death on Ocean Boulevard: Inside the Coronado Mansion Case
Author: by Caitlin Rother
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April 27, 2021
English
[This] is one of the great crime mysteries of modern times. It took an author of Caitlin Rother’s caliber to bring it into sharp focus.A riveting read. Gregg Olsen, #1 New York Times bestselling authorI got a girl, hung herself in the guest house.
The call came on the morning of July 13, 2011, from the historic Spreckels Mansion, a lavish beachfront property in Coronado, California, owned by pharmaceutical tycoon and multimillionaire Jonah Shacknai. When authorities arrived, they found the naked body of Jonah’s girlfriend, Rebecca Zahau, gagged, her ankles tied and her wrists bound behind her.
Jonah’s brother, Adam, claimed to have found Rebecca hanging by a rope from the second-floor balcony. On a bedroom door in black paint were the cryptic words: SHE SAVED HIM CAN YOU SAVE HER. Was this scrawled message a suicide note or a killer’s taunt?
Rebecca’s death came two days after Jonah’s six-year-old son, Max, took a devastating fall while in Rebecca’s care. Authorities deemed Rebecca’s death a suicide resulting from her guilt. But who would stage either a suicide ora murder in such a bizarre, elaborate way?
10. Gaslighting & Narcissistic Abuse Recovery: Recover from Emotional Abuse, Recognize Narcissists & Manipulators and Break Free Once and for All
Author: by Don Barlow
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English
194 pages
Break free from the lies and manipulation that are keeping you captive You’re positive you saw a flirty text from another woman on your husband’s phone. Yet, when you confront him, he tells you you’re imagining things and being paranoid.
A co-worker sarcastically mentions that you’re not contributing enough to the big project. When you get offended, they say they were just joking and that you’re too sensitive. Your mother constantly criticizes your weight. When you bring up her comments around other people, she denies ever saying them and says you are making up stories.
Have you repeatedly found yourself in these types of situations where you end up doubting yourself? They might have occurred with different people, in different circumstances, but the way they make you feel is the same. Your feelings are trivialized, your thoughts are manipulated, and your reality is denied.
When this is done to you repeatedly, you begin to feel confused or even crazy. You are left questioning your own reality and sanity. These are classic signs that you’re being gaslighted, and it’s something to take very seriously. Gaslighting is a covert form of abuse that affects your confidence and trust in yourself, which the abuser then takes advantage of to keep you under their control.
11. The Emotionally Absent Mother, Updated and Expanded Second Edition: How to Recognize and Heal the Invisible Effects of Childhood Emotional Neglect
Author: by Jasmin Lee Cori MS LPC
The Experiment
English
304 pages
The groundbreaking guide to self-healing and getting the love you missed. Was your mother preoccupied, distant, or even demeaning? Have you struggled with relationshipsor with your own self-worth? Often, the grown children of emotionally absent mothers can’t quite put a finger on what’s missing from their lives.
The children of abusive mothers, by contrast, may recognize the abusebut overlook its lasting, harmful effects. Psychotherapist Jasmin Lee Cori has helped thousands of men and women heal the hidden wounds left by every kind of undermothering. In this second edition of her pioneering book, with compassion for mother and child alike, she explains:Possible reasons your mother was distracted or hurtfuland what she was unable to giveThe lasting impact of childhood emotional neglect and abuseHow to find the child inside you and fill the mother gap through reflections and exercisesHow to secure a happier future for yourself (and perhaps for your children)
12. The Invitation
Author: by Lucy Foley
Back Bay Books
English
432 pages
From the author of The Guest List, an evocative love story set along the Italian Riviera about a group of charismatic stars who all have secrets and pasts they try desperately – and dangerously – to hide. Rome, 1953: Hal, an itinerant journalist flailing in the post-war darkness, has come to the Eternal City to lose himself and to seek absolution for the thing that haunts him.
One evening he finds himself on the steps of a palazzo, walking into a world of privilege and light. Here, on a rooftop above the city, he meets the mysterious Stella. Hal and Stella are from different worlds, but their connection is magnetic.
Together, they escape the crowded party and imagine a different life, even if it’s just for a night. Yet Stella vanishes all too quickly, and Hal is certain their paths won’t cross again. But a year later they are unexpectedly thrown together, after Hal receives an invitation he cannot resist.
An Italian Contessa asks him to assist on a trip of a lifetime – acting as a reporter on a tremendous yacht, skimming its way along the Italian coast toward Cannes film festival, the most famous artists and movie stars of the day gathered to promote a new film.
13. I Do!: A Marriage Workbook for Engaged Couples
Author: by Jim Walkup LMFT
Althea Press
English
228 pages
Strengthen your commitment with this marriage workbook for engaged couples Planning can be the key to a happy and satisfying marriage. The in-depth, thought-provoking exercises in this marriage workbook will help you and your partner grow your love and solidify your partnership as you prepare to walk down the aisle.
Dig deep into your relationship over the course of 7 chapterseach focusing on a different part of married life. Gain insight into each other, and discover ways to feel closer before you finally say, I do! A look into the futurePrepare for a lifetime together by exploring your feelings on communication, money, intimacy, children, beliefs, work, and family and friends.
In-depth exercisesLearn more about your partner through various exercises, including writing prompts, true/false questionnaires, worksheets, discussion topics, and more. Expert guidanceAuthor Jim Walkup is a licensed marriage and family therapist with more than 40 years of experience working with couples from all backgrounds who want to make their marriage last.
14. Upper Bohemia: A Memoir
Author: by Hayden Herrera
English
272 pages
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A poignant coming-of-age memoir by the daughter of artistic, bohemian parentsset against a backdrop of 1950s New York, Cape Cod, and Mexico. Hayden Herrera’s parents each married five times; following their desires was more important to them than looking after their children.
When Herrera was only three years old, her parents separated and she and her sister moved from Cape Cod to New York City to live with their mother and their new hard-drinking stepfather. They saw their father only during summers on the Cape, when they and the other neighborhood children would be left to their own devices by parents who were busy painting, writing, or composing music.
These adults inhabited a world that Herrera’s mother called upper bohemia, a milieu of people born to privilege who chose to focus on the life of the mind. Her parents’ friends included such literary and artistic heavyweights as artist Max Ernst, writers Edmund Wilson and Mary McCarthy, architect Marcel Breuer, and collector Peggy Guggenheim.
15. Nowhere Girl: A Memoir of a Fugitive Childhood
Author: by Cheryl Diamond
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June 15, 2021
English
An absolutely breathless read. Nowhere Girl is a courageous, heart-breaking, and beautifully written story of a girl doing everything in her power to protect the ones she loves. Paul Haggis, Academy Award-winning writer/director of Crash, Million Dollar Baby, and Casino RoyaleBy the age of nine, I will have lived in more than a dozen countries, on five continents, under six assumed identities.
I’ll know how a document is forged, how to withstand an interrogation, and most important, how to disappear … Wild, heart-wrenching, and unexpectedly funny, Nowhere Girl is an inspiring coming-of-age memoir about running for freedom against the odds. To the young Cheryl Diamond, life felt like one big adventure, whether she was hurtling down the Himalayas in a rickety car or mingling with underworld fixers.
Her family appeared to be an unbreakable gang of five. One day they were in Australia, the next South Africa, the pattern repeating as they crossed continents, changed identities, and erased their pasts. What Diamond didn’t yet know was that she was born into a family of outlaws fleeing from the highest international law enforcement agencies, a family with secrets that would eventually catch up to all of them.
