{"product_id":"the-drama-of-the-gifted-child-the-search-for-the-true-self-paperback","title":"The Drama of the Gifted Child: The Search for the True Self - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlice Miller\u003c\/b\u003e (Text by (Art\/Photo Books))\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs charming performers who skillfully reflect their parents expectations, far too many children grow into adults driven to greater and greater achievements by an underlying sense of worthlessness. Never allowed to express their true feelings, and having lost touch with their true selves, they act out their repressed feelings with episodes of depression and compulsive behavior. They in turn inflict the same legacy of repression on their own children. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e This poignant and thought-provoking book shows how narcissistic parents form and deform the lives of their children. \"The Drama of the Gifted Child\" is the first step toward helping readers reclaim their lives by discovering their own needs and their own truth.\"A book that patients prescribe...the therapists are reading it because their patients are recommending it.\" \"--Washington Post Book World\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Full of wisdom and perception.\"--Anthony Storr, \"New Republic\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Rare and compelling in its compassion and its unassuming eloquence...her examples are so vivid and so ordinary that they touch the hurt child in us all.\" \"--New York Magazine\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlice Miller\u003c\/b\u003e (1923-2010) achieved worldwide recognition for her work on the causes and effects of childhood traumas. She was also the author of many books, including \u003ci\u003eThe Truth Will Set You Free, Banished Knowledge, Breaking Down the Wall of Silence, Thou Shalt Not Be Aware\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eFor Your Own Good\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 144\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 7.9 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 22, 2008\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42736904831039,"sku":"9780465016907","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/b1ed221c7f3e4f8239b5fd2a3d2279bd.webp?v=1765148244","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/the-drama-of-the-gifted-child-the-search-for-the-true-self-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}