Emotional inheritance /
Emotional inheritance : moving beyond the legacy of trauma
Galit Atlas.
- 239 pages
A trace in the mind -- I. Our grandparents : inherited trauma in past generations -- Life and death in love affairs -- Confusion of tongues -- Sex, suicide, and the riddle of grief -- The radioactivity of trauma -- II. Our parents : the secrets of others -- When secrets become ghosts -- Unwelcome babies -- Permission to cry -- Dead brother, dead sister -- III. Ourselves : breaking the cycle -- The taste of sorrow -- The cycle of violence -- The unexamined life -- A door opens.