Can anyone suggest me any books (fiction or non-) on parental abandonment?
I’ve recently been getting these IG reels about childhood abandonment. Not sure why but it has really floored me as I’ve experience a form of it and something clicked where discovered the connection between those hidden scars and who I am now.
My mother left my life when I was five and only saw me once a year or so. My father was a drug addict and was in and out of my life. I was raised by my grandmother and for all intents and purposes had what I thought to be a normal (relatively) happy life.
But now that I’m in my 40s and have had time to reflect on my lifelong struggles with low self esteem and insecurities in my personal and professional life, I discovered a lot of this stemming from this form of parental abandonment.
I’m happily married with a beautiful son now but am just trying to better understand my personal struggles in the context of my past and hopefully strive to be a much better parent to my son. I’m an avid reader so finding compelling books on my interests is usually my first go-to
Thanks in advance
by Law-of-Poe