Normal One Life with a Difficult or Damaged Sibling

Name: Normal One Life with a Difficult or Damaged Sibling
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ISBN: 9780385337564

ISBN-10: 0385337566

ISBN-13: 9780385337564

Edition: N/A

Authors: Jeanne Safer

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What is it like to grow up with a sibling who is difficult or damaged? Few bonds in our lives are as psychologically and emotionally significant as the ones we share with our sisters and brothers, although little has been written about this formative relationship. In this first-of-its-kind book, psychotherapist Jeanne Safer takes us into the hidden world of problem siblings and explores the far-reaching effects on the lives of those who are considered the “normal ones.” Drawing on more than sixty interviews with normal, or intact, siblings, Safer explores the daunting challenges they face, and probes the complex feelings that can strain families and damage lives. A “normal” sibling…

Book details

List price: $17.00
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Publication date: 9/30/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 224
Size: 5.51" wide x 8.41" long x 0.46" tall
Weight: 0.484
Language: English



Introduction



Where Have All the Siblings Gone?



My Brother, Myself



Everybody's an Only Child



The Burden of Normality



Prospero's Damaged Family



America's Damaged Families



My Sister Ate My Homework: At Home with Damaged Siblings



My Sister Spoke to Me: Dreams of Normal Siblings



Invisibility and Perverse Preeminence



Dark Victories



Passing Caliban On: Normal Siblings as Parents



A Life of One's Own



My Brother's Keeper



The Caliban Syndrome I: Repudiation and Identification



The Caliban Syndrome II: Acknowledgment


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