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Can I read The Drama of the Gifted Child: The Search for the True Self, Revised Edition on EtoBox?

The Drama of the Gifted Child: The Search for the True Self, Revised Edition by Alice Miller is a self-help book available to read on EtoBox.

What is The Drama of the Gifted Child: The Search for the True Self, Revised Edition about?

This bestselling book examines childhood trauma and the enduring effects of repressed anger and pain.Why are many of the most successful people plagued by feelings of emptiness and alienation? This wise and profound book has provided millions of readers with an answer--and has helped them to apply it to their own lives.Far too many of us had to learn as children to hide our own feelings, needs, and memories skillfully in order to meet our parents' expectations and win their "love." Alice Miller writes, "When I used the word 'gifted' in the title, I had in mind neither children who receive high grades in school nor children talented in a special way. I simply meant all of us who have survived an abusive childhood thanks to an ability to adapt even to unspeakable cruelty by becoming numb.... Without this 'gift' offered us by nature, we would not have survived." But merely surviving is not enough. The Drama of the Gifted Child helps us to reclaim our life by discovering our own crucial needs and our own truth.

Who reads The Drama of the Gifted Child: The Search for the True Self, Revised Edition?

It is typically read by readers building habits, skills, productivity or wellbeing.

Common subject areas: self-improvement, productivity, wellness.

Author
Alice Miller
Publisher
Basic Books, Inc.
Published
1990
Language
EN
ISBN
9780465016907
Category
self-help
Subjects
Family & Relationships, Medical, Fiction
Rating
4.09 / 5 (9,762 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14

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