They F*** You Up
A psychologist's account of how early family life shapes who we become, and how to survive it.
Oliver James’s book, titled after Philip Larkin’s poem, on how the care we receive in early childhood shapes adult personality. Drawing on psychological research and his clinical work, he traces how family patterns pass down the generations and how they show up in adult relationships and mental health, and he suggests ways to understand and change them.
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