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Difficult Mothers: Understanding and Overcoming Their Power
Terri Apter
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Description for Difficult Mothers: Understanding and Overcoming Their Power
Paperback. An essential work for readers seeking compassionate, wise guidance about the powerful relationship between mothers and their sons and daughters. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JMF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 141 x 16. Weight in Grams: 214.
Mother love is often seen as sacred, but for many children the relationship is a painful struggle. Using the newest research on human attachment and brain development, Terri Apter, an internationally acclaimed psychologist and writer, unlocks the mysteries of this complicated bond. She showcases the five different types of difficult mother—the angry mother, the controlling mother, the narcissistic mother, the envious mother, and the emotionally neglectful mother—and explains the patterns of behavior seen in each type. Apter also explores the dilemma at the heart of a difficult relationship: why a mother has such a powerful impact on us and why ... Read more
Mother love is often seen as sacred, but for many children the relationship is a painful struggle. Using the newest research on human attachment and brain development, Terri Apter, an internationally acclaimed psychologist and writer, unlocks the mysteries of this complicated bond. She showcases the five different types of difficult mother—the angry mother, the controlling mother, the narcissistic mother, the envious mother, and the emotionally neglectful mother—and explains the patterns of behavior seen in each type. Apter also explores the dilemma at the heart of a difficult relationship: why a mother has such a powerful impact on us and why ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Weight
214g
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780393345445
SKU
V9780393345445
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About Terri Apter
Terri Apter is a writer, psychologist, and retired Fellow of Newnham College, Cambridge. Her ten books include The Sister Knot, Difficult Mothers, and What Do You Want from Me? She lives in Cambridge, England.
Reviews for Difficult Mothers: Understanding and Overcoming Their Power
"The most intelligent and lucid account I’ve read of human psychology."
Carol Gilligan "Apter . . . risks the wrath of anyone who romanticizes ‘mother love’ as instinctual and universal by describing, candidly and cogently, the framework in which children experience their most significant attachment."
Huffington Post "This sound, intelligent book is a good starting point for a ... Read more
Carol Gilligan "Apter . . . risks the wrath of anyone who romanticizes ‘mother love’ as instinctual and universal by describing, candidly and cogently, the framework in which children experience their most significant attachment."
Huffington Post "This sound, intelligent book is a good starting point for a ... Read more