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Every Family Has A Story: How We Inherit Love and Loss

Author(s) : Julia Samuel

Reviews and Endorsements

Full of nuggets of wisdom - Jackie Annesley The Sunday Times

An essential, clever and kind book that reminds us that we can never hope to understand ourselves without deeply understanding our families. A testament to the ongoing relevance of psychotherapy and to Julia Samuel's preeminent skill as an author and therapist - Alain de Botton

Julia Samuel is so wise and compassionate. I love every word she writes and long for every reader - every person - to experience her unique and generous way of being in the world - Cathy Rentzenbrink

Julia Samuel brings her characteristic warmth, compassion and wisdom to the vital matter of how families function. She writes with unfailing grace, tenderness and consummate story-telling. Everyone who reads this will learn something profound - about themselves, their origins and the people they love most dearly - Dr Rachel Clarke

Julia Samuel offers us vivid insights into the way family structure, stories and experience exert their influence across generations. Here is a book for all families, where we can appreciate our own family's strengths and take courage to explore our hurts. The issues are so vibrantly explored that I was utterly drawn in. This is a book about love: a superpower when we use it wisely and well - Kathryn Mannix

Fascinating... Julia Samuel's compassionate work never fails to inform, comfort and make me think - Pandora Sykes

A wise and important book, full of insight into the pain and beauty at the heart of family life. Julia Samuel dives deep into familiar themes of loss, parenting, bereavement, divorce, all of which feature so heavily in the make-up of so many of our everyday lives. There is so much to learn in this book about what makes, breaks and mends a family, and I loved it -- Clover Stroud

Truly wonderful - wise, compassionate, thoughtful, and always inspiring. A very important book - Justine Picardie

Engaging, informative and very well written - Philippa Perry

A profoundly important and compassionate book for understanding family relationships much better. Highly recommended - Liz Earle

Absolutely BRILLIANT. Every family should read this. Clever and helpful - Anya Hindmarch

This is a wonderful, wonderful book . . . everybody needs to read it - Dr Rangan Chatterjee