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Difficult Mothers
Understanding and Overcoming Their Power
Using the newest research on human attachment and brain development, Terri Apter showcases five different types of difficult mother—the angry, the controlling, the narcissistic, the envious and the emotionally neglectful—and reveals the patterns of behaviour seen in each type. She explains why a mother has such a powerful impact on us and why we continue to care about her responses, and she shows how to conduct an "emotional audit" to overcome the power of the feelings a difficult mother inflicts. The book acknowledges the challenges facing the children of difficult mothers but also celebrates their resilience. Apter’s books include the "lucid, funny and illuminating" (The Sunday Times) The Sister Knot (ISBN 978 0 393 33062 5); The Confident Child (ISBN 978 0 393 32896 7), "one of those texts whose reputation has been spread by word of mouth" (The Times Educational Supplement); The "excellent" (The Observer) Myth of Maturity (ISBN 978 0 393 32317 7); the "wise and understanding" (The Times Educational Supplement) You Don’t Really Know Me (ISBN 978 0 393 32710 6) and the "wise and cogent" (The Times Literary Supplement) What Do You Want from Me? (ISBN 978 0 393 33853 9).
"Apter deftly anatomises the problem, tackling the issues involved in dealing with angry, controlling, envious, neglectful and narcissistic mothers."
June 2012 • £16.99 • ISBN 978 0 393 08102 2 • 240pp • 140 x 210mm
June 2013 • Paper • £10.99 • ISBN 978 0 393 34544 5 • 240pp • 140 x 210mm
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