the middle-aged consquences of revealing A child called "it"
Pelzer, David J
The survivor of severe abuse by his alcoholic mother, now a successful motivational speaker, author, and family man, discusses adjusting to changes in his life now he is middle-aged and how they are affected by his troubled childhood.
Guided by riddles and symbols from the pages of "Paradise Lost," Professor David Ullman, a leading authority on demonic literature, searches for his daughter in Venice after she falls from their hotel, with the last words of "find me".
Vienne Kenney returns to Clayburn after failing the bar exam twice and runs into former school friend Jackson Linder; however, their relationship grows cold when Vienne discovers he is fresh out of rehab recovering from the same illness that killed her father.
Gene Cheek describes his childhood in North Carolina with his loving mother and abusive, alcoholic father, tells how he was torn from his mother's home at the age of twelve when his father filed a complaint in court that she was unfit due to her involvement with an African-American man, and discusses the lasting impact of that event on his life.
the solution for adult children of alcoholic and other dysfunctional families
Wholey, Dennis
1988
Tells of men and women from a variety of addictive and abusive family backgrounds who are overcoming the effects of parental neglect by learning how to parent themselves.
The author provides an account of her struggles to break free of her heritage of rural indigence, addiction, and abuse to pursue her dream of becoming an artist, and to be a good mother to her son.
