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
  • Research Methods in Child Welfare        Amy J.L. Baker  and  Benjamin S. Charvat
  • 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  by Sheri McGregor, M.A.

    Author, 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-law  by Deanna Brann 

  • Far From the Tree  by Andrew Soloman
  •  The Road Less Traveled     Scott Peck
    
  • A Father’s Right to Custody  http://vandeplaspublishing.com/products/a-fathers-right-to-custody Julia Luyster julia@luysterlaw.com      PAS
    

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
• 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.