Estranged
Finding Hope When Your Family Falls Apart
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Michelle Rohlf's unwanted estrangement from her daughter Naomi strips her of everything: her grandchildren, her peace of mind, and most of all, herself. In spite of her broken heart and broken spirit, she embarks on a three-year journey of healing and forgiveness, discovering the impact her own upbringing had on her attachment to her daughter. Just as Michelle learns that her life isn't over because her daughter walked away, Naomi shows up, without apology or explanation. This is the story of a woman who had to lose her daughter in order to find the identity she'd never really had.
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This resonates so much with my own situation 🙏
- By Anonymous User on 08-24-24
By: Michelle Rohlf
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American Estrangement
- Stories
- By: Said Sayrafiezadeh
- Narrated by: David Bendena, Pete Cross, Said Sayrafiezadeh, and others
- Length: 4 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Said Sayrafiezadeh has been hailed by Philip Gourevitch as “a masterful storyteller working from deep in the American grain”. His new collection of stories are set in a contemporary America full of the kind of emotionally bruised characters familiar to fans of Denis Johnson and George Saunders. These are people contending with internal struggles - a son’s fractured relationship with his father, the death of a mother, the loss of a job, drug addiction - even as they are battered by the larger, often invisible, economic and political forces of American society.
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A collection filled with wonderful surprises, and one disturbing element.
- By Paul on 12-31-22
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When Your Adult Child Breaks Your Heart
- Coping with Mental Illness, Substance Abuse, and the Problems that Tear Families Apart
- By: Joel Young MD, Christine Adamec
- Narrated by: Rich Miller
- Length: 8 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Behind nearly every adult who is accused of a crime, becomes addicted to drugs or alcohol, or who is severely mentally ill and acting out in public, there is usually at least one extremely stressed-out parent. This parent may initially react with the bad news of their adult child behaving badly with, "Oh no!" followed by, "How can I help to fix this?" A very common third reaction is the thought, "Where did I go wrong - was it something I said or did, or that I failed to do when my child was growing up that caused these issues? Is this really somehow all my fault?"
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Glad I stumbled upon this…
- By Pamela J Hoyes on 10-03-23
By: Joel Young MD, and others
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But It’s Your Family...
- Cutting Ties with Toxic Family Members and Loving Yourself in the Aftermath
- By: Dr. Sherrie Campbell
- Narrated by: Dr. Sherrie Campbell
- Length: 8 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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But It’s Your Family is a remarkable account of what it means to cut ties to toxic family abuse and thrive in the aftermath. Loving someone doesn’t always mean having a relationship with them, just like forgiveness doesn’t always mean reconciliation. Reconciling, in many cases, only sets people up for more abuse. A significant part of healing comes with accepting that this is a part of life; there are some relationships that are so poisonous that they destroy one’s ability to be healthy and function best.
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My second purchase! Well done!
- By Attorney Shenandoah Titus - Author of THE WHISTLEBLOWER: Defeating Bullies, Harassers & Management Gang Retaliation (Amazon) on 08-27-20
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Adult Children of Parental Alienation Syndrome
- Breaking the Ties That Bind
- By: Amy J. L. Baker PhD
- Narrated by: Madeleine Dauer
- Length: 10 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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An examination of adults who have been manipulated by divorcing parents. Parental Alienation Syndrome (PAS) occurs when divorcing parents use children as pawns, trying to turn the child against the other parent. This book examines the impact of PAS on adults and offers strategies and hope for dealing with the long-term effects.
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I wish I knew when I was younger.
- By Adam A. on 06-17-21