Good Morning, Monster

Gildiner, Catherine

ISBN 10: 1250878330 / ISBN 13: 9781250878335

Published by Essentials, 2023

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Good Morning, Monster
• Publisher: Essentials
• Publication Date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1250878330
• ISBN 13: 9781250878335
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: good

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Synopsis

As seen on Good Morning America's SEPTEMBER 2020 READING LIST and FAVORITE BOOKS OF 2020!

"We need to read stories about folks who have been through hell and kept going... Fascinating." ―Glennon Doyle, A Favorite Book of 2020 on Good Morning America

"Gildiner is nothing short of masterful―as both a therapist and writer. In these pages, she has gorgeously captured both the privilege of being given access to the inner chambers of people's lives, and the meaning that comes from watching them grow into the selves they were meant to be." ―Lori Gottlieb, New York Times bestselling author of Maybe You Should Talk to Someone

In this fascinating narrative, therapist Catherine Gildiner’s presents five of what she calls her most heroic and memorable patients. Among them: a successful, first generation Chinese immigrant musician suffering sexual dysfunction; a young woman whose father abandoned her at age nine with her younger siblings in an isolated cottage in the depth of winter; and a glamorous workaholic whose narcissistic, negligent mother greeted her each morning of her childhood with "Good morning, Monster."

Each patient presents a mystery, one that will only be unpacked over years. They seek Gildiner's help to overcome an immediate challenge in their lives, but discover that the source of their suffering has been long buried.

As in such recent classics as The Glass Castle and Educated, each patient embodies self-reflection, stoicism, perseverance, and forgiveness as they work unflinchingly to face the truth. Gildiner's account of her journeys with them is moving, insightful, and sometimes very funny. Good Morning, Monster offers an almost novelistic, behind-the-scenes look into the therapist's office, illustrating how the process can heal even the most unimaginable wounds.

About the Author

CATHERINE GILDINER was a clinical psychologist in private practice for twenty-five years. She is the best-selling author of the acclaimed memoir Too Close to The Falls and the celebrated collection of case studies Good Morning, Monster, which has been translated into over thirty languages. She grew up in New York State and lives in Toronto.