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Book SynopsisTHE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
''Essential, clever and kind'' Alain de Botton
''I am a huge admirer of Julia''s work'' Elizabeth Day
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In her bestselling follow-up to Grief Works and This Too Shall Pass, much-loved psychotherapist Julia Samuel invites us into her sessions as she explores the relationships that have the power to touch us and hurt us most: those with our family.
Through eight beautifully told case studies, covering a variety of families across multiple generations, she analyses common issues from losing a parent to children leaving home, and from separation to step-relationships. In doing so she shows how much is, in fact, inherited -- and how much can be healed when it is faced together.
Every Family Has A Story provides the tools that will help with this work of improving our relationships. Its twelve touchstones for family well-being show how to communicate effect
Trade Review
Engaging, informative and very well written -- Philippa Perry
Full of nuggets of wisdom -- Jackie Annesley * Sunday Times *
Engrossing, generous . . . excellent advice worth a whole shelf of textbooks -- Bel Mooney * Daily Mail *
I am a huge admirer of Julia's work -- Elizabeth Day
A profoundly important and compassionate book for understanding family relationships much better. Highly recommended -- Liz Earle