A review by sinthomo
The Emotional Incest Syndrome: What to Do When a Parent's Love Rules Your Life by Patricia Love

To Love, emotional incest is not an inevitable consequence of the family structure but that structure thrown out of balance. This balance just so happens to be two successfully married parents who instill a healthy respect for hierarchy and authority in least two children—the hegemonic form in Love's society. Without the ability to imagine alternatives, Dr. Love prescribes appropriate libidinal flows to the treat the symptoms of enmeshment. The genuinely valuable parts of this book (your mileage will certainly vary) are bounded by this commitment to family ties.

In general, abuse and trauma literature needs to be mined for insights that can be re-situated in a family abolition politic.