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The Normal One: Life with a Difficult or Damaged Sibling
by Jeanne Safer
The first and only book of its kind, this was one of the most validating books I've ever read. I've never felt more understood and unalone then I did when I heard the testimonies in this book. LITERALLY I've spent years trying to understand why I felt the way I did, and how much of my own problems could be attributed to what I went through growing up as "a normal one". Previous counselors and therapists have touched on the subject that my anxieties and depression may have roots in my sister's disability but never was I able to get a deep focus like I was here.
I just wish this book was better. Seriously, it's not that well written. She does not do a great job at consistently citing sources, she repeats herself and directly quotes the same sentences from her patients and interviewees in different sections of the book without attributing the quotes as from anyone other than herself. I would have loved to give this by stars, but even my personal feelings, and to the overall social need for focus on this topic, it wasn't present well and on its own had a lot of issues that should have been taken care of in another round or two of editing.
That being said, I would highly recommend this book be added to any psychology class curriculum, and passed around the academic community in hopes it would Inspire more research into caliban syndrome.
I just wish this book was better. Seriously, it's not that well written. She does not do a great job at consistently citing sources, she repeats herself and directly quotes the same sentences from her patients and interviewees in different sections of the book without attributing the quotes as from anyone other than herself. I would have loved to give this by stars, but even my personal feelings, and to the overall social need for focus on this topic, it wasn't present well and on its own had a lot of issues that should have been taken care of in another round or two of editing.
That being said, I would highly recommend this book be added to any psychology class curriculum, and passed around the academic community in hopes it would Inspire more research into caliban syndrome.