Secrets at The Big House: Overcoming The Damage Of A Narcissistic Mother And An Emotionally Absent Father (Lessons in Resilience)

There were ghosts and there were secrets at the BIG House. The space between the walls of The BIG House were charged with the anguish of ever-present unhappiness. It was a different kind of haunting.Time changes many things, but it does not change our memories.This is a true story of descent from wealth and social standing. By necessity, it is also the story of my mother, a petite socialite of uncommon beauty, who subjected her children to unspeakable emotional and psychological terror.How easily words poison the mind. My mother was a master at poisoning minds. She made sure any budding sprigs of self-esteem and pride in myself were nipped short before they even had a chance to grow. First, she delivered the initial blow that would open the wound, then she made sure the wound never healed by continuously pouring the stingy poison of more hurtful words on to it.My self-image was poisoned and she suffocated my nature optimism and joy. It would take many years to undo the damage she inflicted up my psyche.Secrets at The Big House is written like a novel, with scenes and dialogue and a narrative arc, and every word is the truth-my truth. It is written in a way that will engage the emotions, the mind, and the love of readers. Ultimately, it's a story of hope, and I open the book with my favorite quote below:"Hope is the certainty that every question will be answered, every wrong will be made a right,and every act of faithfulness will be rewarded."