The Transcendent Child
Subtitle: Tales of Triumph Over the Past
Publisher: Harper Paperbacks
Published: April 9, 1997
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780060977207
Subjects: Psychotherapy - Child & Adolescent; Mental Health; Psychology; United States; Psychology & Psychiatry / General; Child abuse; Adult children of dysfunctional families; Case studies; Problem families
First sentence: AS A CHILD RAISED IN A FAMILY WHERE DEATH, POVERTY, DEPRESSION, and a mother's nearly psychotic rage determined daily life, I have lived with both the guilt and the wonder of being the transcendent child, the one who overcame the deficits of that past when my brother could not.