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From Publishers Weekly
As a practicing psychotherapist, Rubin (World of Pain) has been struck by the ability of some people to overcome troubled beginnings and become functional adults. In the stories collected here, which include the author's, there is a diversity of problems, personalities and reactions: child abuse, the battered wife, emotional and physical rejection, even a priest's struggle with feelings of isolation, all springing from early dysfunctional family settings. Yet the theme of these triumphant tales is that such families are best left behind, metaphorically and physically, and as the individuals in these searing narratives demonstrate, mentors and surrogates along the way have been their salvation. Since these lives run counter to psychological expectations that past history determines the future, new light is cast upon those who refuse to be victims.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
From Library Journal
Sociologist and psychotherapist Rubin (Families on the Fault Line, LJ 2/15/94) has gathered together the stories of several remarkable people to try to figure out why they (and why she herself) were able to "transcend" their abuse-filled childhoods and become functioning members of society. Rubin found several similarities among the eight people she interviewed. They were all able to distance themselves mentally and emotionally from their dysfunctional families at an early age, and they all had intense outside interests to distract them. They also had what Rubin refers to as the quality of "adoptability," meaning that they each had the ability to seek out mentors who could help ameliorate the effects of being raised by abusive parents. Although the stories are truly interesting and well presented, Rubin is not clear on who could benefit from reading them. Because she declares that many of the shared attributes among her subjects are inborn, this can't be viewed as a "how to succeed in life" book for people who had horrible childhoods. Because it is based on such a small sample, it can't qualify as an in-depth psychological study, either. Therefore, only public libraries with larger psychology sections, may need to consider this book.?Pamela A. Matthews, Missouri Western State Coll., St. Joseph
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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As a practicing psychotherapist, Rubin (World of Pain) has been struck by the ability of some people to overcome troubled beginnings and become functional adults. In the stories collected here, which include the author's, there is a diversity of problems, personalities and reactions: child abuse, the battered wife, emotional and physical rejection, even a priest's struggle with feelings of isolation, all springing from early dysfunctional family settings. Yet the theme of these triumphant tales is that such families are best left behind, metaphorically and physically, and as the individuals in these searing narratives demonstrate, mentors and surrogates along the way have been their salvation. Since these lives run counter to psychological expectations that past history determines the future, new light is cast upon those who refuse to be victims.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
From Library Journal
Sociologist and psychotherapist Rubin (Families on the Fault Line, LJ 2/15/94) has gathered together the stories of several remarkable people to try to figure out why they (and why she herself) were able to "transcend" their abuse-filled childhoods and become functioning members of society. Rubin found several similarities among the eight people she interviewed. They were all able to distance themselves mentally and emotionally from their dysfunctional families at an early age, and they all had intense outside interests to distract them. They also had what Rubin refers to as the quality of "adoptability," meaning that they each had the ability to seek out mentors who could help ameliorate the effects of being raised by abusive parents. Although the stories are truly interesting and well presented, Rubin is not clear on who could benefit from reading them. Because she declares that many of the shared attributes among her subjects are inborn, this can't be viewed as a "how to succeed in life" book for people who had horrible childhoods. Because it is based on such a small sample, it can't qualify as an in-depth psychological study, either. Therefore, only public libraries with larger psychology sections, may need to consider this book.?Pamela A. Matthews, Missouri Western State Coll., St. Joseph
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
See all Editorial Reviews
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