The Drama of the Gifted Child
by Alice Miller
Miller's classic on children who adapt to meet parents' emotional needs and lose their true selves. Short, piercing and the root of much later work on narcissistic parenting.
Read it if…
you were the responsible, sensitive child and wonder why you feel empty.
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Skip it if…
you want a workbook.
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Three things you will actually use
- Adaptation costs the self.
- Grieve what was missing.
- Feel what was forbidden.
Do this first
Read the first chapter slowly.
Our verdict
The gifted child's loss.
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