My Dearest Enemy, My Dangerous Friend: Making and Breaking Sibling Bonds

ISBN-13: 9780415390484 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 376 str.

Dorothy Rowe

Opis

This book helps us to recognise the various experiences involved in sibling relationships as a result of the fundamental drive for survival and validation, enabling us to reach a deeper understanding of our siblings and ourselves.

Recenzje

" Written with her usual laserlike clarity and brilliant simplicity Dorothy Rowe has tackled a much neglected subject. Drawing this time on her own personal experiences as well as a rich vein of interviews of case histories this book is a revelation to anyone who has struggled with the pain and pleasure of brotherhood or sisterhood. I relished every word, and as usual after finishing Dorothy's books, the shape of my life feels clearer now than it was before. " - Tim Lott

"Part exploration, part thriller, part practical user's manual, this brilliant book reaches deep and far into a relationship that has marked nearly all of us with scars, seen and unseen. Its themes are power, pain, passion, greed, treachery, fear and the possibility of love. I found it hard to put down." - Hilary Spurling

Spis treści

Preface. Our Greatest Need: Our Greatest Fear. A Relationship Like No Other. Two Ways to Experience Existence. Competing to Be Good. Power Struggles. The Death of a Sibling. A Question of Memory. Loyalty and Betrayal. A Lifelong Relationship.

O autorze

Dorothy Rowe is a psychologist and author of 12 books, including the world-wide bestseller Depression: The Way Out of Your Prison. She is Australian, lives in London, and has a Big Sister.