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💔 Abusive Family

Stories set within households where love is weaponized and home is the most dangerous place, exploring loyalty, escape, and survival.
A Child Called "It"
by Dave Pelzer • 1995
Starved and locked up, a boy endures his mother's torture until a teacher spots the bruises.
4.14
463k+
🧒 Child Abuse Memoir👩‍👦 Maternal Violence🔗 Coercive Control
A Child Called "It" Summary
A Child Called "It" 90%
Starved and locked up, a boy endures his mother's torture until a teacher spots the bruises.
by Dave Pelzer 1995
4.14
463k+ ratings
🧒 Child Abuse Memoir👩‍👦 Maternal Violence🔗 Coercive Control
Narcissistic Mothers
by Caroline Foster • 2021
Narcissistic mothers install a critic in your head. Evict it and reclaim your life.
4.19
1k+
🧪 Toxic Parenting💔 Abuse Recovery🚧 Setting Boundaries
Narcissistic Mothers Summary
Narcissistic Mothers 90%
Narcissistic mothers install a critic in your head. Evict it and reclaim your life.
by Caroline Foster 2021
4.19
1k+ ratings
🧪 Toxic Parenting💔 Abuse Recovery🚧 Setting Boundaries
A Thousand Perfect Notes
by C.G. Drews • 2018
Beck plays piano to survive his mother's rage. August teaches him to play for himself.
4.16
5k+
🎹 Musical Prodigy😰 Abusive Parent🩹 Child Abuse Recovery
A Thousand Perfect Notes Summary
A Thousand Perfect Notes 89%
Beck plays piano to survive his mother's rage. August teaches him to play for himself.
by C.G. Drews 2018
4.16
5k+ ratings
🎹 Musical Prodigy😰 Abusive Parent🩹 Child Abuse Recovery
Adult Survivors of Toxic Family Members
by Sherrie Campbell • 2022
You cut them off. Now: handling guilt, silencing their messengers, healing the shame they left.
4.29
1k+
✂️ Family Estrangement🏚️ Toxic Family Dynamics🩹 Emotional Abuse Recovery
Adult Survivors of Toxic Family Members Summary
Adult Survivors of Toxic Family Members 89%
You cut them off. Now: handling guilt, silencing their messengers, healing the shame they left.
by Sherrie Campbell 2022
4.29
1k+ ratings
✂️ Family Estrangement🏚️ Toxic Family Dynamics🩹 Emotional Abuse Recovery
Chinese Cinderella
by Adeline Yen Mah • 1999
Blamed from birth for her mother's death, a girl in 1940s China discovers her one way out.
4.08
42k+
🏮 Chinese Family💔 Childhood Abuse🥀 Emotional Neglect
Chinese Cinderella Summary
Chinese Cinderella 89%
Blamed from birth for her mother's death, a girl in 1940s China discovers her one way out.
by Adeline Yen Mah 1999
4.08
42k+ ratings
🏮 Chinese Family💔 Childhood Abuse🥀 Emotional Neglect
The House of My Mother
by Shari Franke • 2025
Millions watched her family online. No one saw what her mother did when the camera stopped.
4.27
216k+
⛪ Religious Trauma💔 Emotional Abuse📖 Survivor Memoir
The House of My Mother Summary
The House of My Mother 89%
Millions watched her family online. No one saw what her mother did when the camera stopped.
by Shari Franke 2025
4.27
216k+ ratings
⛪ Religious Trauma💔 Emotional Abuse📖 Survivor Memoir
La Dernière Allumette
by Marie Vareille • 2024
Zoé loves a man haunted by his father's violence. Her sister marries it.
4.61
7k+
👻 Posthumous Narrator🔄 Cycle Of Abuse🏚️ Domestic Violence
La Dernière Allumette Summary
La Dernière Allumette 89%
Zoé loves a man haunted by his father's violence. Her sister marries it.
by Marie Vareille 2024
4.61
7k+ ratings
👻 Posthumous Narrator🔄 Cycle Of Abuse🏚️ Domestic Violence
Aller Retour
by Yves Beauchesne
Orphaned and abused, a boy escapes to Montreal and searches for anyone who will take him in.
2.43
119
🏃 Runaway Story🩵 Found Family💔 Orphaned Protagonist
Aller Retour Summary
Aller Retour 89%
Orphaned and abused, a boy escapes to Montreal and searches for anyone who will take him in.
by Yves Beauchesne
2.43
119 ratings
🏃 Runaway Story🩵 Found Family💔 Orphaned Protagonist
Hermit
by Chris McQueer • 2025
A Glasgow hermit follows his only friend into an online brotherhood that wants real-world violence.
4.15
1k+
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scottish Working Class🧬 Generational Trauma👩‍👦 Mother Son Bond
Hermit Summary
Hermit 89%
A Glasgow hermit follows his only friend into an online brotherhood that wants real-world violence.
by Chris McQueer 2025
4.15
1k+ ratings
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scottish Working Class🧬 Generational Trauma👩‍👦 Mother Son Bond
Educated
by Tara Westover • 2018
With no birth certificate or schooling, a survivalist's daughter discovers herself through books.
4.46
1.9M+
🏔️ Survivalist Upbringing🏚️ Off-The-Grid Family💔 Abusive Sibling
Educated Summary
Educated 89%
With no birth certificate or schooling, a survivalist's daughter discovers herself through books.
by Tara Westover 2018
4.46
1.9M+ ratings
🏔️ Survivalist Upbringing🏚️ Off-The-Grid Family💔 Abusive Sibling
Playground
by Aron Beauregard • 2022
Parents strapped to chairs watch their kids crawl through a playground of grinders and saws.
3.43
20k+
🩸 Splatterpunk🫀 Body Horror🎲 Death Games
Playground Summary
Playground 89%
Parents strapped to chairs watch their kids crawl through a playground of grinders and saws.
by Aron Beauregard 2022
3.43
20k+ ratings
🩸 Splatterpunk🫀 Body Horror🎲 Death Games
Secrets in the Cellar
by John Glatt • 2009
A father's dungeon beneath his home. Twenty-four years, one daughter, seven children in the dark.
3.83
6k+
🧠 Criminal Psychology🏚️ Hidden Captivity💔 Familial Abuse
Secrets in the Cellar Summary
Secrets in the Cellar 89%
A father's dungeon beneath his home. Twenty-four years, one daughter, seven children in the dark.
by John Glatt 2009
3.83
6k+ ratings
🧠 Criminal Psychology🏚️ Hidden Captivity💔 Familial Abuse
For Your Own Good
by Alice Miller • 1985
The parenting we defend may be the hidden origin of the violence we cannot explain.
4.25
2k+
🧒 Childhood Trauma🔄 Intergenerational Trauma🎭 Emotional Suppression
For Your Own Good Summary
For Your Own Good 89%
The parenting we defend may be the hidden origin of the violence we cannot explain.
by Alice Miller 1985
4.25
2k+ ratings
🧒 Childhood Trauma🔄 Intergenerational Trauma🎭 Emotional Suppression
Sickened
by Julie Gregory • 2003
Her mother needed a sick child. She performed flawlessly. Then a lecture exposed the whole script.
3.74
20k+
🏥 Medical Child Abuse👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Abuse🦋 Survivor Memoir
Sickened Summary
Sickened 89%
Her mother needed a sick child. She performed flawlessly. Then a lecture exposed the whole script.
by Julie Gregory 2003
3.74
20k+ ratings
🏥 Medical Child Abuse👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Abuse🦋 Survivor Memoir
I'm Glad My Mom Died
by Jennette McCurdy • 2022
Her mother made her a star. Her mother's death forced her to become a person.
4.43
1.6M+
👩‍👧 Toxic Mother🥀 Eating Disorder Memoir🌟 Celebrity Memoir
I'm Glad My Mom Died Summary
I'm Glad My Mom Died 89%
Her mother made her a star. Her mother's death forced her to become a person.
by Jennette McCurdy 2022
4.43
1.6M+ ratings
👩‍👧 Toxic Mother🥀 Eating Disorder Memoir🌟 Celebrity Memoir
Adrift
by Will Dean • 2026
A family afloat: a mother, a son, a father who decides what is true.
3.78
7k+
🏠 Domestic Suspense🕯️ Gaslighting🐻 Protective Mother
Adrift Summary
Adrift 89%
A family afloat: a mother, a son, a father who decides what is true.
by Will Dean 2026
3.78
7k+ ratings
🏠 Domestic Suspense🕯️ Gaslighting🐻 Protective Mother
Goodbye, Sweet Girl
by Kelly Sundberg • 2018
She loved him, she feared him, she left him: a memoir of domestic survival.
3.83
2k+
🏚️ Domestic Violence🗣️ Survivor Memoirs🔗 Coercive Control
Goodbye, Sweet Girl Summary
Goodbye, Sweet Girl 89%
She loved him, she feared him, she left him: a memoir of domestic survival.
by Kelly Sundberg 2018
3.83
2k+ ratings
🏚️ Domestic Violence🗣️ Survivor Memoirs🔗 Coercive Control
Educated By Tara Westover and The Education of an Idealist [Hardcover] By Samantha Power Books Collection Set
by Tara Westover • 2023
A doomsday prepper's daughter, no birth certificate, no school. She taught herself into Cambridge.
4.34
360
⛪ Religious Extremism📚 Self-Education💔 Family Estrangement
Educated By Tara Westover and The Education of an Idealist [Hardcover] By Samantha Power Books Collection Set Summary
Educated By Tara Westover and The Education of an Idealist [Hardcover] By Samantha Power Books Collection Set 89%
A doomsday prepper's daughter, no birth certificate, no school. She taught herself into Cambridge.
by Tara Westover 2023
4.34
360 ratings
⛪ Religious Extremism📚 Self-Education💔 Family Estrangement
Will the Drama Ever End?
by Karyl McBride • 2024
Healing from a narcissistic parent: the five-stage program for undoing the damage, contact or no.
4.34
350
🔍 Narcissistic Parents💔 Family Dysfunction🩹 Childhood Trauma
Will the Drama Ever End? Summary
Will the Drama Ever End? 89%
Healing from a narcissistic parent: the five-stage program for undoing the damage, contact or no.
by Karyl McBride 2024
4.34
350 ratings
🔍 Narcissistic Parents💔 Family Dysfunction🩹 Childhood Trauma
Adult Children of Parental Alienation Syndrome
by Amy J.L. Baker • 2007
Cult-like manipulation turns children against a parent; the damage follows them into adulthood.
4.44
176
💔 Parental Alienation🎭 Narcissistic Parents🫂 Family Estrangement
Adult Children of Parental Alienation Syndrome Summary
Adult Children of Parental Alienation Syndrome 89%
Cult-like manipulation turns children against a parent; the damage follows them into adulthood.
by Amy J.L. Baker 2007
4.44
176 ratings
💔 Parental Alienation🎭 Narcissistic Parents🫂 Family Estrangement
The Liars' Club
by Mary Karr • 1995
The Liars' Club drank and told stories. Their daughters had a story too dangerous to share.
3.94
72k+
🏚️ Southern Memoir🔧 Working Class Memoir🍺 Alcoholic Parents
The Liars' Club Summary
The Liars' Club 89%
The Liars' Club drank and told stories. Their daughters had a story too dangerous to share.
by Mary Karr 1995
3.94
72k+ ratings
🏚️ Southern Memoir🔧 Working Class Memoir🍺 Alcoholic Parents
Jesus, My Father, The CIA, and Me
by Ian Morgan Cron • 2011
His father's CIA clearance couldn't protect the family from the bottle.
4.08
3k+
🍷 Alcoholic Parent🙏 Spiritual Memoir💔 Childhood Trauma
Jesus, My Father, The CIA, and Me Summary
Jesus, My Father, The CIA, and Me 88%
His father's CIA clearance couldn't protect the family from the bottle.
by Ian Morgan Cron 2011
4.08
3k+ ratings
🍷 Alcoholic Parent🙏 Spiritual Memoir💔 Childhood Trauma
Abomination
by Robert Swindells • 1998
A bullied girl hides a worse secret: a child imprisoned in her parents' cellar.
3.75
2k+
🕊️ Religious Fundamentalism💔 Surviving Abuse🎒 School Bullying
Abomination Summary
Abomination 88%
A bullied girl hides a worse secret: a child imprisoned in her parents' cellar.
by Robert Swindells 1998
3.75
2k+ ratings
🕊️ Religious Fundamentalism💔 Surviving Abuse🎒 School Bullying
The Drama of the Gifted Child
by Alice Miller • 1979
Depression and grandiosity share a root: the child who learned her feelings were inconvenient.
4.05
31k+
🧸 Childhood Trauma🪞 Parental Narcissism🔒 Emotional Repression
The Drama of the Gifted Child Summary
The Drama of the Gifted Child 88%
Depression and grandiosity share a root: the child who learned her feelings were inconvenient.
by Alice Miller 1979
4.05
31k+ ratings
🧸 Childhood Trauma🪞 Parental Narcissism🔒 Emotional Repression
Jesus Land
by Julia Scheeres • 2005
A Christian reform school in the tropics. A white girl, her Black brother, one escape plan.
3.97
20k+
⛪ Religious Abuse🔒 Troubled Teen Industry🏠 Interracial Adoption
Jesus Land Summary
Jesus Land 88%
A Christian reform school in the tropics. A white girl, her Black brother, one escape plan.
by Julia Scheeres 2005
3.97
20k+ ratings
⛪ Religious Abuse🔒 Troubled Teen Industry🏠 Interracial Adoption
Not My Father's Son
by Alan Cumming • 2014
A genealogy show reveals his grandfather died playing Russian roulette. But that was the easy part.
4.06
48k+
🎭 Celebrity Memoir📜 Family Secrets🧬 Family History
Not My Father's Son Summary
Not My Father's Son 88%
A genealogy show reveals his grandfather died playing Russian roulette. But that was the easy part.
by Alan Cumming 2014
4.06
48k+ ratings
🎭 Celebrity Memoir📜 Family Secrets🧬 Family History
In the Dream House
by Carmen Maria Machado • 2019
Her girlfriend never hit her, but the terror was real: gaslighting inside a queer relationship.
4.38
165k+
🏳️‍🌈 Queer Memoir🏚️ Domestic Abuse💭 Psychological Abuse
In the Dream House Summary
In the Dream House 88%
Her girlfriend never hit her, but the terror was real: gaslighting inside a queer relationship.
by Carmen Maria Machado 2019
4.38
165k+ ratings
🏳️‍🌈 Queer Memoir🏚️ Domestic Abuse💭 Psychological Abuse
Adult Survivors of Emotionally Abusive Parents
by Sherrie Campbell • 2024
The system for shedding the guilt, fear, and self-doubt that emotionally abusive parents installed.
4.06
394
🩹 Emotional Abuse Healing🏚️ Toxic Family Dynamics🛑 Setting Boundaries
Adult Survivors of Emotionally Abusive Parents Summary
Adult Survivors of Emotionally Abusive Parents 88%
The system for shedding the guilt, fear, and self-doubt that emotionally abusive parents installed.
by Sherrie Campbell 2024
4.06
394 ratings
🩹 Emotional Abuse Healing🏚️ Toxic Family Dynamics🛑 Setting Boundaries
Nowhere Girl
by Cheryl Diamond • 2021
Forging documents before cursive. At sixteen, she walked a runway while hiding a fugitive past.
4.04
9k+
🏚️ Dysfunctional Families🕵️ Criminal Families💔 Childhood Trauma
Nowhere Girl Summary
Nowhere Girl 88%
Forging documents before cursive. At sixteen, she walked a runway while hiding a fugitive past.
by Cheryl Diamond 2021
4.04
9k+ ratings
🏚️ Dysfunctional Families🕵️ Criminal Families💔 Childhood Trauma
The Verbally Abusive Man - Can He Change?
by Patricia Evans • 2006
A test for change in a verbally abusive partner, and a safety plan for leaving when he fails.
4.19
316
🗣️ Verbal Abuse🌀 Gaslighting🧠 Abuser Psychology
The Verbally Abusive Man - Can He Change? Summary
The Verbally Abusive Man - Can He Change? 88%
A test for change in a verbally abusive partner, and a safety plan for leaving when he fails.
by Patricia Evans 2006
4.19
316 ratings
🗣️ Verbal Abuse🌀 Gaslighting🧠 Abuser Psychology
My Absolute Darling
by Gabriel Tallent • 2017
Her father taught her to survive the collapse of civilization; now she must survive him.
3.59
57k+
🏚️ Survivalist Upbringing🖤 Abusive Parent🌲 Remote Wilderness
My Absolute Darling Summary
My Absolute Darling 88%
Her father taught her to survive the collapse of civilization; now she must survive him.
by Gabriel Tallent 2017
3.59
57k+ ratings
🏚️ Survivalist Upbringing🖤 Abusive Parent🌲 Remote Wilderness
The Elements
by John Boyne • 2025
On a remote Irish island, a disgraced woman searches for the truth behind her daughter's drowning.
4.43
26k+
🧬 Intergenerational Trauma🔄 Cycles Of Abuse💔 Estranged Parent
The Elements Summary
The Elements 88%
On a remote Irish island, a disgraced woman searches for the truth behind her daughter's drowning.
by John Boyne 2025
4.43
26k+ ratings
🧬 Intergenerational Trauma🔄 Cycles Of Abuse💔 Estranged Parent
Emotional Blackmail
by Susan Forward • 1997
A therapist's script for breaking the cycle of emotional demands, threats, and guilty surrender.
4.09
4k+
💔 Emotional Abuse🚧 Setting Boundaries🎭 Manipulation Tactics
Emotional Blackmail Summary
Emotional Blackmail 88%
A therapist's script for breaking the cycle of emotional demands, threats, and guilty surrender.
by Susan Forward 1997
4.09
4k+ ratings
💔 Emotional Abuse🚧 Setting Boundaries🎭 Manipulation Tactics
The Narcissist’s Hall of Mirrors
by Richard Banks • 2023
Spot the manipulation tactics, exit the narcissist's cycle, and reclaim the confidence they broke.
5.00
1
🪞 Narcissistic Abuse💔 Toxic Relationships🕯️ Gaslighting
The Narcissist’s Hall of Mirrors Summary
The Narcissist’s Hall of Mirrors 88%
Spot the manipulation tactics, exit the narcissist's cycle, and reclaim the confidence they broke.
by Richard Banks 2023
5.00
1 ratings
🪞 Narcissistic Abuse💔 Toxic Relationships🕯️ Gaslighting
The Meaning of Mariah Carey
by Mariah Carey • 2020
To the world, a pop icon. To her music-mogul husband, a possession. Her story of escape.
4.09
25k+
🌟 Celebrity Memoir👑 Pop Stardom🌍 Biracial Identity
The Meaning of Mariah Carey Summary
The Meaning of Mariah Carey 88%
To the world, a pop icon. To her music-mogul husband, a possession. Her story of escape.
by Mariah Carey 2020
4.09
25k+ ratings
🌟 Celebrity Memoir👑 Pop Stardom🌍 Biracial Identity
Made in China
by Anna Qu • 2021
At fourteen, she worked her parents' sweatshop. What the CPS file revealed decades later was worse.
3.85
3k+
🧳 Immigrant Memoir🏚️ Family Abuse Memoirs🧬 Intergenerational Trauma
Made in China Summary
Made in China 88%
At fourteen, she worked her parents' sweatshop. What the CPS file revealed decades later was worse.
by Anna Qu 2021
3.85
3k+ ratings
🧳 Immigrant Memoir🏚️ Family Abuse Memoirs🧬 Intergenerational Trauma
The Third Parent
by Elias Witherow • 2017
When a plastic-faced man becomes a family's third parent, the children learn what his smile costs.
3.88
1k+
🩸 Extreme Horror💔 Childhood Trauma🔒 Captivity Horror
The Third Parent Summary
The Third Parent 88%
When a plastic-faced man becomes a family's third parent, the children learn what his smile costs.
by Elias Witherow 2017
3.88
1k+ ratings
🩸 Extreme Horror💔 Childhood Trauma🔒 Captivity Horror
The Sound of Gravel
by Ruth Wariner • 2016
A polygamist prophet's thirty-ninth child: poverty, abuse, her father's murder, and the long escape.
4.31
68k+
🏜️ Mormon Fundamentalism⛪ Religious Extremism🧒 Childhood Survival
The Sound of Gravel Summary
The Sound of Gravel 88%
A polygamist prophet's thirty-ninth child: poverty, abuse, her father's murder, and the long escape.
by Ruth Wariner 2016
4.31
68k+ ratings
🏜️ Mormon Fundamentalism⛪ Religious Extremism🧒 Childhood Survival
The Glass Castle
by Jeannette Walls • 2005
She was three when her dress burst into flames. Her parents called it an adventure.
4.33
1.4M+
🏚️ Family Dysfunction🍺 Alcoholic Parent🚪 Escaping Poverty
The Glass Castle Summary
The Glass Castle 88%
She was three when her dress burst into flames. Her parents called it an adventure.
by Jeannette Walls 2005
4.33
1.4M+ ratings
🏚️ Family Dysfunction🍺 Alcoholic Parent🚪 Escaping Poverty
Toxic Parents
by Susan Forward • 1990
Forgiveness is optional: a roadmap for adult children recovering from a harmful upbringing.
4.16
16k+
🏚️ Dysfunctional Families🛡️ Adult Survivors🩹 Trauma Recovery
Toxic Parents Summary
Toxic Parents 88%
Forgiveness is optional: a roadmap for adult children recovering from a harmful upbringing.
by Susan Forward 1990
4.16
16k+ ratings
🏚️ Dysfunctional Families🛡️ Adult Survivors🩹 Trauma Recovery
Why Does He Do That? Inside the Minds of Angry and Controlling Men
by Lundy Bancroft • 2002
Abuse isn't about his anger or his past. It's about what he believes he deserves.
4.49
18k+
🏚️ Domestic Abuse🧠 Abuser Psychology⛓️ Power And Control
Why Does He Do That? Inside the Minds of Angry and Controlling Men Summary
Why Does He Do That? Inside the Minds of Angry and Controlling Men 88%
Abuse isn't about his anger or his past. It's about what he believes he deserves.
by Lundy Bancroft 2002
4.49
18k+ ratings
🏚️ Domestic Abuse🧠 Abuser Psychology⛓️ Power And Control
Her First Lie
by Lucinda Berry • 2026
A secret birth. A hidden infant. A new mother whose past is more dangerous than discovery.
3.88
16k+
🧠 Psychological Suspense🥀 Dark Family Secrets👶 Secret Baby
Her First Lie Summary
Her First Lie 88%
A secret birth. A hidden infant. A new mother whose past is more dangerous than discovery.
by Lucinda Berry 2026
3.88
16k+ ratings
🧠 Psychological Suspense🥀 Dark Family Secrets👶 Secret Baby
Quest For Love
by Anneke Lucas • 2022
Sold into an elite pedophilia ring as a child, she learned the abusers were often victims.
4.50
377
🧒 Childhood Trauma🚸 Child Sexual Abuse🕸️ Organized Abuse
Quest For Love Summary
Quest For Love 88%
Sold into an elite pedophilia ring as a child, she learned the abusers were often victims.
by Anneke Lucas 2022
4.50
377 ratings
🧒 Childhood Trauma🚸 Child Sexual Abuse🕸️ Organized Abuse
A Chance in the World
by Steve Pemberton • 2012
Beaten, starved, and denied his name: a foster child's search for the family that erased him.
4.27
6k+
🏚️ Foster Care System💔 Childhood Trauma🛡️ Survival Memoir
A Chance in the World Summary
A Chance in the World 88%
Beaten, starved, and denied his name: a foster child's search for the family that erased him.
by Steve Pemberton 2012
4.27
6k+ ratings
🏚️ Foster Care System💔 Childhood Trauma🛡️ Survival Memoir
Forbidden
by Tabitha Suzuma • 2010
Raising their siblings alone, a teenage brother and sister cross the line from co-parents to lovers.
3.95
76k+
🚫 Taboo Romance👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Parentified Siblings😰 Social Anxiety
Forbidden Summary
Forbidden 88%
Raising their siblings alone, a teenage brother and sister cross the line from co-parents to lovers.
by Tabitha Suzuma 2010
3.95
76k+ ratings
🚫 Taboo Romance👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Parentified Siblings😰 Social Anxiety
Auē
by Becky Manawatu • 2019
Abandoned on a remote New Zealand farm, a mute boy and a fierce girl must survive his violent uncle.
4.47
8k+
🔄 Generational Trauma🌺 MāOri Storytelling👬 Orphaned Siblings
Auē Summary
Auē 88%
Abandoned on a remote New Zealand farm, a mute boy and a fierce girl must survive his violent uncle.
by Becky Manawatu 2019
4.47
8k+ ratings
🔄 Generational Trauma🌺 MāOri Storytelling👬 Orphaned Siblings
Wavewalker
by Suzanne Heywood • 2023
A decade adrift: her father's sailing dream kept her captive to storms, shipwreck, and neglect.
4.23
9k+
🏕️ Survival Memoir💔 Parental Neglect🌊 Extreme Upbringing
Wavewalker Summary
Wavewalker 88%
A decade adrift: her father's sailing dream kept her captive to storms, shipwreck, and neglect.
by Suzanne Heywood 2023
4.23
9k+ ratings
🏕️ Survival Memoir💔 Parental Neglect🌊 Extreme Upbringing
Disentangling from Emotionally Immature People
by Lindsay C. Gibson • 2023
Practical strategies to disentangle from emotionally immature family and finally put yourself first.
4.49
2k+
💔 Emotional Abuse Recovery🪢 Family Dysfunction🛡️ Boundary Setting
Disentangling from Emotionally Immature People Summary
Disentangling from Emotionally Immature People 88%
Practical strategies to disentangle from emotionally immature family and finally put yourself first.
by Lindsay C. Gibson 2023
4.49
2k+ ratings
💔 Emotional Abuse Recovery🪢 Family Dysfunction🛡️ Boundary Setting
Adult Daughters of Narcissistic Mothers
by Stephanie M. Kriesberg PsyD • 2022
Daughters of narcissistic mothers: quiet self-doubt, set boundaries that stick, trust your own mind.
3.96
2k+
🪞 Narcissistic Parenting👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Relationships🧒 Adult Children Of Narcissists
Adult Daughters of Narcissistic Mothers Summary
Adult Daughters of Narcissistic Mothers 88%
Daughters of narcissistic mothers: quiet self-doubt, set boundaries that stick, trust your own mind.
by Stephanie M. Kriesberg PsyD 2022
3.96
2k+ ratings
🪞 Narcissistic Parenting👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Relationships🧒 Adult Children Of Narcissists
Children of the Self-Absorbed
by Nina W. Brown • 2000
How to shield yourself from a narcissistic parent and finish the growing up they interrupted.
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How to shield yourself from a narcissistic parent and finish the growing up they interrupted.
by Nina W. Brown 2000
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🪞 Narcissistic Parenting🧱 Emotional Boundaries🧒 Inner Child Work
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