Every Family Has A Story: How we inherit love and loss Paperback -

New. <p><b>THE <i>SUNDAY TIMES </i>BESTSELLER</b><br /><br /><b>'Essential, clever and kind' </b>Alain de Botton<br /><br /><b>'I am a huge admirer of Julia's work' </b>Elizabeth Day<br />____________________<br /><br />In her bestselling follow-up to <i>Grief Works</i> and <i>This Too Shall Pass</i>, 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.<br /><br />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.<br /><br /><i>Every Family Has A Story</i> provides the tools that will help with this work of improving our relationships. Its twelve touchstones for family well-being show how to communicate effectively, set boundaries, fight productively and allow change.<br /><br />This is a wise and insightful exploration of modern life that will help us create the families we wish for.<br />____________________<br /><br /><b>'Julia Samuel writes with unfailing grace, tenderness and consummate storytelling. Everyone who reads this will learn something profound'</b> Rachel Clarke<br /><br /><b>'Julia Samuel offers vivid insights in a book for all families... I was utterly drawn in' </b>Kathryn Mannix<br /><br /><b>'Fascinating... Julia Samuel's compassionate work never fails to inform, comfort and make me think'</b> Pandora Sykes<br /><br /><b>'A wise and important book, full of insight into the pain and beauty at the heart of family life... I loved it'</b> Clover Stroud<br /><br /><b>'Julia Samuel is so wise and compassionate. I love every word she writes' </b>Cathy Rentzenbrink</p>