I've bought and read seven other books on BPD (including Walking on Eggshells) and THIS is the very best and most helpful book by far. I highly recommend it to EVERYONE who has lived with a mother with BPD or knows someone who's mother has BPD and wants to understand things in a user-friendly, easy-to-read way. I was so captivated by the book that I read it all in about 4 hours straight, and have looked back over it numerous times since then. BUT IT!!!

This is the best book by far for anyone whose mother has borderline personality disorder. It is a book specific to this relationship whereas other books on the market try to cover spousal borderline relationships, etc. as well as parent-child and miss the depth found in this book. This is a must-read for adult children of borderlines -and it's not necessarily an easy go. The author has pegged situations/emotions with uncanny accuracy and puts words to what I personally could never accurately describe to an "outsider". Thankfully I have siblings and all of us have stuck together like glue over the years. I could never imagine an only child having to handle what we did. That's what makes this book so powerful -it is a voice, an explanation, a validation.

I am ETERNALLY appreciative and thankful to Dr. Lawson and her bold compassion. Until this book came along, the secret life of children born to such parents/caregivers remained silent, misunderstood, disregarded, unexposed, and considered surreal or unimaginable. Any words I choose to include here could not possibly illustrate how intensely grateful I am to the author for writing this book. This book has done more for me than words could EVER express, and after reading it I felt understood, and most importantly, whole.

"Surviving A Borderline Parent" is another great book for those of you who are interested in this particular topic.

Again, you will not be disappointed after reading this book.

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