The memoir details Engel’s experience growing up with a neglectful and narcissistic mother, effectively being on her own from the age of four. Key themes include:
Later chapters explore her professional success and her eventual ability to view her mother with compassion rather than just fear or anger. Professional Impact Raising Myself: A Memoir of Neglect, Shame, and...
is a raw, candid memoir by Beverly Engel , an internationally recognized psychotherapist and expert on abuse recovery. Published in 2018, the book chronicles her traumatic childhood and her ultimate journey toward healing and self-reinvention. Core Narrative and Themes The memoir details Engel’s experience growing up with
described it as a "gut-wrenching, cleareyed coming-of-age memoir" with clean writing that serves the heavy subject matter. candid memoir by Beverly Engel