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The Drama of the Gifted Child: The Search for the True Self

Author:
Alice Miller
Read by:
Suzanne Toren
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Book
29
Narrator
5
Release Date
September 25, 2018
Duration
3 hours 51 minutes
Summary
This bestselling book examines childhood trauma and the enduring effects it has on an individual's management of repressed anger and pain. Why are many of the most successful people plagued by feelings of emptiness and alienation? This wise and profound book has provided millions of readers with an answer--and has helped them to apply it to their own lives. Far too many of us had to learn as children to hide our own feelings, needs, and memories skillfully in order to meet our parents' expectations and win their "love." Alice Miller writes, "When I used the word 'gifted' in the title, I had in mind neither children who receive high grades in school nor children talented in a special way. I simply meant all of us who have survived an abusive childhood thanks to an ability to adapt even to unspeakable cruelty by becoming numb.... Without this 'gift' offered us by nature, we would not have survived." But merely surviving is not enough. The Drama of the Gifted Child helps us to reclaim our life by discovering our own crucial needs and our own truth.
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Profile Avatar Cheryl R. May 2020

This book is amazing. Well read.

Profile Avatar Jennifer M. Aug 2023

The narrator not helpful.

Profile Avatar Desislava M. Feb 2022

A great book, a must for all of us who want to know better themselves. The narrator is very intuitive, I like her reading.

Profile Avatar Beth C. Oct 2021

really good, fast listen!

The Drama of the Gifted Child: The Search for the True Self

The Drama of the Gifted Child: The Search for the True Self

Author: Alice Miller
Read by: Suzanne Toren
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