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Never Simple

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The Disappearers

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Little, Big

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The Renoir Girls: A Hidden History of Art, War & Betrayal

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“Having a mentally ill parent meant simultaneously wrestling with a hard relationship while mourning the absence of the one you actually wanted.”
― Liz Scheier, Never Simple

tags: children-of-the-mentally-ill, dysfunctional-families, mental-illness

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“I did for them what I had never been able, in forty years, to do for myself—admit that taking responsibility for insanity only spreads the insanity around.”
― Liz Scheier, Never Simple

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“Clearly I hadn't actually won the Shitty Family Olympics, just placed in the qualifiers. It could've been worse.”
― Liz Scheier, Never Simple

tags: dysfunctional-family, family-relationships, humor

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