Dysfunctional Families


The Glass Castle
Sharp Objects
The Goldfinch
Eleanor & Park
Educated
We Need to Talk About Kevin
Running with Scissors
The Dinner
Orphan Train
I'm Glad My Mom Died
The Dutch House
Everything I Never Told You
Gone Girl
A Child Called "It" (Dave Pelzer, #1)
Dark Places
The Deepest Well by Nadine Burke HarrisThe Choice by Edith EgerHeavy by Kiese LaymonStolen Innocence by Elissa WallA Stolen Life by Jaycee Dugard
Abuse Memoirs
12 books — 1 voter

Beautiful, Complicated Family by Rosey LeeWho Colored the Leaves? by Robert D. DeanThe Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsThe Last House on the Street by Diane ChamberlainUnveiled by Courtney Milan
Best Family-themed Stories
64 books — 23 voters

Crazy For Alice by Alex DunnConflict of Intrigues by ML YostSpilled Coffee by J.B. ChicoineDaddy Morebucks by Normandie AllemanPortrait of a Girl Running by J.B. Chicoine
Characters with daddy-issues
26 books — 20 voters
The Pond Beyond the Forest by Shigeko ItoLucky by Scott NelsonNightbird by Shavaun ScottTales of a Mad Hatter by Jan K PaezTreasures In The Trash by Kristy McMorlan
Memoirs That Saved My Life
22 books — 17 voters

Harold Phifer
I knew Dad was concerned about my past associations. I was from the Trash Alley. It was my community. I hung out with thugs from the Frog Bottom, the Burns Bottoms, the Red Line, the S-Curve, the Sandfield, the Morning Side, and a bunch of other places that shall remain nameless. I knew all of the “Legends of the Hood”: Sin Man, Swap, Boo Boo, Emp-Man, Cookie Man, Shank, Polar Bear, Bae Willy, Bae Bruh, Skullhead Ned, Pimp, Crunch, and Goat Turd (just to name a few). I thought maybe Dad had summ ...more
Harold Phifer, Surviving Chaos: How I Found Peace at A Beach Bar

Stefan Molyneux
Awkward silences rule the world. People are so terrified of awkward silences that they will literally go to war rather than face an awkward silence.
Stefan Molyneux

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