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Geoffrey’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Geoffrey’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
Geoffrey R. Jonas’s Followers (33)
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Geoffrey R. Jonas
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March 2025
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Being Broken: Tales and Essays of Survival and Death from Narcissistic Parental Abuse
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published
2025
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3 editions
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Literary Titan Award for Being Broken
Being Broken: Tales and Essays of Survival and Death from Narcissistic Parental Abuse
The book keeps racking up the awards. This time is the Literary Titan Award.
"🏆 Congratulations!
We are proud to present you with the Literary Titan Book Award. Following the recent review of your book through our Book Review Service, it was automatically entered into our Literary Book Award competition. Your book d Read more of this blog post »
The book keeps racking up the awards. This time is the Literary Titan Award.
"🏆 Congratulations!
We are proud to present you with the Literary Titan Book Award. Following the recent review of your book through our Book Review Service, it was automatically entered into our Literary Book Award competition. Your book d Read more of this blog post »
Geoffrey’s Recent Updates
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Geoffrey Jonas
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Reader Views's review
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Being Broken: Tales and Essays of Survival and Death from Narcissistic Parental Abuse:
"I generally enjoy reading memoirs because they give me special insight into someone’s life. Being Broken by Geoffrey R. Jonas definitely gave me a new perspective, both on the devastating effects of narcissistic abuse and the horrific reality of subs"
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Next Best Read's review
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Being Broken: Tales and Essays of Survival and Death from Narcissistic Parental Abuse:
"Raw, courageous, and painfully honest
This book shook me to my core. Geoffrey R. Jonas lays bare his life with such brutal honesty that you can’t look away — even when it hurts. Being Broken isn’t just a memoir; it’s a roadmap for understanding how ab" Read more of this review » |
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Jan 10, 2026 11:08AM
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I have every single Drizzt book written by RA Salvatore, some of them signed. He is one of my favourite authors. And while it was nice to return to familiar characters, as well as new ones like Breezy, Drizzt's daughter, this book wasn't quite as good ...more |
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Geoffrey Jonas
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Book Reviewer's review
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Being Broken: Tales and Essays of Survival and Death from Narcissistic Parental Abuse:
"Being Broken, by Geoffrey R. Jonas, is a brutally honest memoir about trauma, addiction, and survival. It follows Jonas through a childhood steeped in neglect and narcissistic abuse, into years of substance dependence, and finally toward healing and "
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Oct 13, 2025 11:30AM
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“With this truth in mind, the conclusion is that all human behaviour is learned from our caretakers, then our peers as we get older. Early childhood development dictates that children learn behavioural responses as soon as they are engaged by a caregiver. If we give them love and support, they develop healthy adaptations to the world around them. If their cries are unheeded and we leave them abandoned and rejected, a myriad of mental health issues will emerge as they get older.”
― Being Broken: Tales and Essays of Survival and Death from Narcissistic Parental Abuse
― Being Broken: Tales and Essays of Survival and Death from Narcissistic Parental Abuse
“When children are exposed to alcohol use and witness the expressed happiness of the participants because of dopamine and serotonin transmitters being manipulated by alcohol, they associate happiness with alcohol use and mimic this behaviour. Parents expressing joy and laughter when giving their children alcohol for amusement does not help either.”
― Being Broken: Tales and Essays of Survival and Death from Narcissistic Parental Abuse
― Being Broken: Tales and Essays of Survival and Death from Narcissistic Parental Abuse
“we cannot fault an individual that suffers from a serious mental health issue if they have learned that adaptive behaviour due to not being provided with the proper love and support as they were developing. Again, however, we can blame them for making choices that cause harm to others. It is not their fault that their learned behaviours condition them to make poor choices, but they are still choices that have consequences.”
― Being Broken: Tales and Essays of Survival and Death from Narcissistic Parental Abuse
― Being Broken: Tales and Essays of Survival and Death from Narcissistic Parental Abuse
“When children are exposed to alcohol use and witness the expressed happiness of the participants because of dopamine and serotonin transmitters being manipulated by alcohol, they associate happiness with alcohol use and mimic this behaviour. Parents expressing joy and laughter when giving their children alcohol for amusement does not help either.”
― Being Broken: Tales and Essays of Survival and Death from Narcissistic Parental Abuse
― Being Broken: Tales and Essays of Survival and Death from Narcissistic Parental Abuse
“With this truth in mind, the conclusion is that all human behaviour is learned from our caretakers, then our peers as we get older. Early childhood development dictates that children learn behavioural responses as soon as they are engaged by a caregiver. If we give them love and support, they develop healthy adaptations to the world around them. If their cries are unheeded and we leave them abandoned and rejected, a myriad of mental health issues will emerge as they get older.”
― Being Broken: Tales and Essays of Survival and Death from Narcissistic Parental Abuse
― Being Broken: Tales and Essays of Survival and Death from Narcissistic Parental Abuse
“we cannot fault an individual that suffers from a serious mental health issue if they have learned that adaptive behaviour due to not being provided with the proper love and support as they were developing. Again, however, we can blame them for making choices that cause harm to others. It is not their fault that their learned behaviours condition them to make poor choices, but they are still choices that have consequences.”
― Being Broken: Tales and Essays of Survival and Death from Narcissistic Parental Abuse
― Being Broken: Tales and Essays of Survival and Death from Narcissistic Parental Abuse
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