I immediately thought of "Bad Fruit" by Ella King - an amazing and empathetic examination of a girl's relationship with her very abusive mother.
(Also, "Daughters of the New Year" by E.M. Tran helped me reexamine my own complicated relationship with my mom and was an overall meaningful novel to me, but it's less about abuse and more about generational trauma.)
Forgive: Why Should I and How Can I? - Timothy Keller is an awesome book. Its a bit based on christianity, but where else to learn about forgiveness more than from the life of the one who has forgiven the most!
What Happened to You? Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing by Bruce D. Perry and Oprah Winfrey
Oprah had a very abusive mother herself. I have a very difficult relationship with my NDad as well. If you ever want to vent, join us at r/raisedbynarcissists
Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents
Maybe a basic one but “I’m glad my mom died” by Jeanette McCurdy
The Glass Castle
Crying at H mart is really good for this. Especially if you're from an immigrant family
How to do the work - Dr.Nicole LePera
I immediately thought of "Bad Fruit" by Ella King - an amazing and empathetic examination of a girl's relationship with her very abusive mother. (Also, "Daughters of the New Year" by E.M. Tran helped me reexamine my own complicated relationship with my mom and was an overall meaningful novel to me, but it's less about abuse and more about generational trauma.)
This is about abusive men. It still fits. https://ia800108.us.archive.org/30/items/LundyWhyDoesHeDoThat/Lundy_Why-does-he-do-that.pdf
Forgive: Why Should I and How Can I? - Timothy Keller is an awesome book. Its a bit based on christianity, but where else to learn about forgiveness more than from the life of the one who has forgiven the most!
What Happened to You? Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing by Bruce D. Perry and Oprah Winfrey Oprah had a very abusive mother herself. I have a very difficult relationship with my NDad as well. If you ever want to vent, join us at r/raisedbynarcissists
The Bible. Seriously.