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 Foxhole Court by Nora SakavicThe Raven Boys by Maggie StiefvaterCrooked Kingdom by Leigh BardugoPied Piper by Nevil ShuteThe Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch
Castaway Fams
9 books — 7 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
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

Benjamin Alire Sáenz
See, I think there are roads that lead us to each other. But in my family, there were no roads - just underground tunnels. I think we all got lost in those underground tunnels. No, not lost. We just lived there.
Benjamin Alire Sáenz, Last Night I Sang to the Monster

The fear of abandonment forced me to comply as a child, but I’m not forced to comply anymore. The key people in my life did reject me for telling the truth about my abuse, but I’m not alone. Even if the consequence for telling the truth is rejection from everyone I know, that’s not the same death threat that it was when I was a child. I’m a self-sufficient adult and abandonment no longer means the end of my life.
Christina Enevoldsen, The Rescued Soul: The Writing Journey for the Healing of Incest and Family Betrayal

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