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
Everything I Never Told You
I'm Glad My Mom Died
The Dutch House
Gone Girl
A Child Called "It" (Dave Pelzer, #1)
Dark Places
Shattering Silence by Darlene LekowskiThere Once was a Girl by Bobbie TeaWe Were a Nice Normal Family by Patricia GrenelleWe Were a Nice Normal Family by Patricia A. GrenelleThe Deepest Well by Nadine Burke Harris
Abuse Memoirs
18 books — 15 voters

We Were a Nice Normal Family by Patricia A. GrenelleWe Were a Nice Normal Family by Patricia GrenelleBeautiful, Complicated Family by Rosey LeeWho Colored the Leaves? by Robert D. DeanThe Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
Best Family-themed Stories
68 books — 34 voters
Lucky by Scott NelsonThe Pond Beyond the Forest by Shigeko ItoNightbird by Shavaun ScottSoul Can You by Lisa  GilbertLearn to Live Forward by Chidi Iwuchukwu
Memoirs That Saved My Life
24 books — 24 voters

Crazy For Alice by Alex DunnSpilled Coffee by J.B. ChicoineDaddy Morebucks by Normandie AllemanConflict of Intrigues by ML YostPortrait of a Girl Running by J.B. Chicoine
Characters with daddy-issues
26 books — 20 voters

Erin Merryn
“ She was so upset about a blog that maybe a total of six people read yet had no compassion for her granddaughters who had suffered the physical and emotional pains of sexual abuse and whose lives were changed forever. The two cannot even be compared, yet when someone is in denial about what happened, they cannot perceive what is true. It seemed too hard for her to let her mind go there and believe her grandson could do such terrible things. ”
― Erin Merryn, Living for Today: From Incest and Molestation to Fearlessness and Forgiveness

“ A home isn't always destroyed by outsiders; sometimes family members cause even greater damage. ...more ”
― Sanu Sharma, अर्को देशमा [Arko Deshma]

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