Selection of books for grandparents and parents who have been cut off from their children/grandchilren.

Knowledge is Power

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  Suggested Readings:   Grandparents, if you would like to contribute to this list, would you please send your suggestions to info@AGA-FL.org.

  • When Parents Hurt   Joshua Coleman, PhD
  • Surviving Parental Alienation:  Journeys of Hope and Healing For the Targeted Parent            Amy J.L. Baker, PhD
  • Adult Children of Parental Alienation Syndrome: Breaking the Ties That Bind     Amy Baker, PhD
  • The High-Conflict Custody Battle: Protect Yourself and Your Kids from a Toxic Divorce, False Accusations, and Parental Alienation                                                          Amy Baker, PhD  and  Michael Bone, PhD
  • Joint Custody with a Jerk: Raising a Child with an Uncooperative Ex- A Hands-on, Practical Guide to Communicating with a Difficult Ex-Spouse   Amy Baker, PhD
  • Co-parenting with a Toxic Ex: What to Do When Your Ex-Spouse Tries to Turn the Kids Against You                                          Amy J. L. Baker, PhD and Paul R Fine LCSW
  • Bonded to the Abuser: How Victims Make Sense of Childhood Abuse                       Amy Baker, PhD
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  • Research Methods in Child Welfare        Amy J.L. Baker  and  Benjamin S. Charvat
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  • Abandoned Parents: The Devil's Dilemma: The Causes and Consequences of Adult Children Abandoning Their Parents      Sharon A Wildey

  •  Done with the Crying, Help and Healing for Mothers of Estranged Adult Children

    Sheri McGregor, M.A. 

  • Becoming Grandma: The Joys and Science of the New Grandparenting   Lesley Stahl

                        Done With The Crying: Help and Healing                                for Mothers of Estranged Adult Children                                   Sheri McGregor, M.A.

                       Preserving Family Ties                                                          An Authoritative Guide to Divorce and Child                          Custody  By:Mark D. Roseman, Ph.D., CFLE   

•           Reluctantly Related: Secrets To Getting                    Along    With Your Mother-in-Law or                          Daughter-in-lawDeanna Brann                                                                                                                      A Father’s Right to Custody                           http://vandeplaspublishing.com/products/a-fathers-right-to-custody Julia Luyster j                                                                                                                      
• • The Princess and the Queen...A Guide for Daughter-in-Law and Mother-in-Law...Pamela Reynolds
• How Grandparents Can Handle Tough Issues... From Cults To Visitation!”    Bruce Sherman          Outskirts Press Re3source Guide

 The Road Less Traveled     Scott Peck

 Far From the Tree      Andrew Soloman                 

 Far From the Tree      Andrew Soloman                 

Some of these books have been suggested by AGA grandparents.

• A Kidnapped Mind                  Pamela Richardson
• Walking on Eggshells: Living with Psychological Abuse and Codependency                     Mckenzie Brown
• People of the Lie: The Hope for Healing Human Evil         Dr. M. Scott Peck
• The Narcissist: A User's Guide                                        Betsy Wuebker (Author), Lori Hoeck (Contributor)
• Invisible Grandparenting   Leave a Legacy of Love Whether You Can Be There of Not                                                 Pat Hanson, PhD
• The Nanas and the Papas     Kathryn and Allan Zullo
• The Look of Love   A Novel   Jill Egizii
• Have You See My Mother   Bryan Lww McGlothin
• Boundaries                             Dr. Henry Cloud             
  

• Vinegar into Honey     ​Ron Leifer

•  Tears & Healing     Richard Skerrit

•  Estranged Stories Understanding   Support  Peace  Hope       Elizabeth Vagnoni, Mary Cay Reed

• Meaning from Madness   ​​ Richard Skerritt  

•  I Hate You, Don't Leave Me: Understanding the Borderline Personality

• Jerold J. Kreisman and  Hal Straus

•  The Verbally Abusive Relationship    Particia Evans

•  Dignity   Donna Hicks.

•  Stop Caretaking the Borderline or Narcissist – How to End the Drama and Get On with Life Margalis Fjelstad

•  ​How ​to Train a Wild Elephant and Other Adventures in Mindfulness   Jan Chozen Bays

•  Unconditional Parenting     Alfie Kohn.

• Understanding ​The Borderline Mother    Christine Anne Lawson

• The Buddha and the Borderline (a memoir)  Kiera Van Gelder.

•  The Essential Guide to Borderline Personality Disorder     Randy Kreger

•  Borderline Personality Disorder for Dummies.

• The Power of Now      Eckhart Tolle

• The Seat of the Soul    Gary Zukhov

•  Sometimes My Mommy Gets Angry     Bébé Moore Campbell

•  When Being a Grandma Isn't So Grand: 4 Keys to L.O.V.E. Your Grandchild's Parents    Donne Davis

• Splitting, Splicing and Projection in BPD Personalities     Shari Schreiber

•  Spinning Treads of Radical Aliveness:Transcending the Legacy of Separation in Our Indi​vi​dual Lives       Miki Kashtan

•  Will I Ever Be Good Enough?

•  Healing the Daughters of Narcissistic Mothers       Dr. Karyl McBride Ph.D.



Betsy Wuebker - "The Narcissist" The Narcissist: A User's Guide