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Subtitled, "How To Survive Family Life". A new edition of the groundbreaking - and potentially life-changing - book that shows how our earliest experiences make us what we are.
Synopsis
Do your relationships tend to follow the same destructive pattern? Do you feel trapped by your family's expectations? Does your life seem governed by jealousy or competitiveness or lack of confidence? This book shows that it is the way we were cared for in the first six years of life that has a crucial effect on who we are and how we behave.