Subjects:  1. Adult Children of Alcoholics    2. Family / Parenting / Childbirth    3. General   

Subjects:  1. Adult children of alcoholics    2. Counseling of    3. Emotions    4. United States   

Subjects:  1. Adult Children of Alcoholics    2. Body, Mind & Spirit    3. Divination - Fortune Telling    4. New Age    5. New Age (Self Help)    6. New Age / Body, Mind & Spirit    7. Spirituality - General    8. Fortune-telling & divination   

Subjects:  1. Adult children of alcoholics    2. Alcoholics    3. Attitudes    4. Children of alcoholics    5. Children's 9-12    6. Children: Grades 4-6    7. Family relationships    8. General    9. Substance Abuse & Addictions - Alcoholism    10. United States   

Subjects:  1. Adult Children of Alcoholics    2. Alternate Spirituality    3. Body, Mind & Spirit    4. New Age    5. New Age (Self Help)    6. Spiritualism - General    7. Spirit communication & mediumship, spiritualism   

Subjects:  1. Adult Children of Alcoholics    2. Biography & Autobiography    3. Biography / Autobiography    4. Biography/Autobiography    5. General    6. Personal Memoirs    7. Specific Groups - General    8. Biography: general    9. Coping with drug & alcohol abuse    10. Marriage, family & other relationships   

Subjects:  1. Adult Children of Alcoholics    2. Early childhood education    3. Education    4. Education / Teaching    5. Education Of Socially Divergent Students    6. General    7. Home and school    8. Parent participation    9. Parents And Education    10. Problem families    11. Services for    12. United States   

Reviews (46)

Need a serious laugh?
Of all of Nora Roberts' books--and yes, I've read them all--this is my favorite.It is undoubtedly her funniest.I first read it six years ago.I loaned it to a friend who forgot to return it, so I had to buy it again.I'm on my fourth copy now, I've read it probably ten times, but I keep on loaning it out and reordering and re-reading.
Not the usual NR great read...
I love library sales where I can go and scarf up the older hardback books by my favorite authors, which by the way, Nora Roberts happens to be just that...one of my favorites. But Nora sort of let me down on this one.And there are enough reviews about this book that I don't need to go into more plot description. Let me just say the first two chapters were a total bore to me because I don't need all the fancy description of antiques and paintings and jewelry. Actually, I could care less. So I felt a lot of the pages were filled with words that could have been left out, allowing the reader to get to the heart of the story. And if that had been the case, then I think this would have been a wonderful story. HOWEVER, I've said it before and I'll say it again. Roberts created a certain style of writing from the very beginning that set her apart from the rest as a great romance writer. And to those who've read enough of her earlier romance novels, then they know exactly what I'm talking about. This book didn't come across with that great Nora Roberts style of writing to me. Guess every book with this author's name on it can't be a 5-star, but she's still doing great.
Richly Rewarding
Actually, I would give this book 4-1/2 stars.Being a Nora-addict, I spend most of my reading time enjoying her many novels.This story brought me back to the Dream Trilogy where the girls opened the shop "Pretenses."Isadora Conroy is a young lady from a family of actors who decides that while acting is in her blood and enjoyable, she much rather run her antique shop. She and her sister partake on an buying trip, puchasing, unbeknownst to them, items that are a cover-up to several extremely valuable and very expensive original antiques, including an original Monet painting.Enter Jeddiah Skimmerhorn, rich, good looking and an ex-captain of the police force who is trying to sort out his own tragic loss of his sister while on the job; this event being the cause of his resignation from the force.Jed decides to leave the mansion he was raised in and go to a no-frills, comfortable apartment way of life where he plans on being able to live the life of a hermit.Dora, happy with life and very much the extravert, happens to be the landlord of the apartment he rents and this is where our story takes off.The characters are very entertaining and the story never lets your down.Dora's family, mom, dad, sister and kids are a very enjoyable and entertaining group.There is comedy, romance, intrigue and espionage."Hidden Riches" is certainly a story worthy of reading. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Adult children of alcoholics    2. Alcohol Abuse    3. Case studies    4. General    5. Recovery    6. United States    7. Alcoholism   

Reviews (1)

The bestbook for ACOA's I have ever come across.
I am a psychotherapist, and have been using this workbook in my groups since 1987.The chapter about feelings is extremely valuable as toolbox and primer about what feelings are and list exactly what feelings exist.The pictures and vignettes are helpful in getting the clients connect to specific experiences in their lives.The letter-writing and other excercises help to focus feelings and events in a way that clients can express and realease powerful emotions. I do not run a psychotherapy group for ACOA's without this book. It is in invaluable aid to help people deal with trauma and to heal. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Adult Children of Alcoholics    2. New Age    3. Recovery   

Subjects:  1. Adult Children of Alcoholics    2. Eastern - General    3. New Age (Self Help)    4. New Age / Body, Mind & Spirit    5. Religion    6. Spirituality - General   

Subjects:  1. Adult children of alcoholics    2. Alcoholism    3. Child of Impaired Parents    4. personal narratives   

Subjects:  1. Adult Children of Alcoholics    2. New Age (Self Help)    3. New Age / Body, Mind & Spirit    4. Self-Help   

Subjects:  1. Abuse - General    2. Adult child sexual abuse victims    3. Adult children of alcoholics    4. Biography    5. Family/Marriage    6. General    7. Incest victims    8. Mental health    9. Recovery    10. United States    11. Hersloff, Lyda W   

Subjects:  1. Adult Children of Alcoholics    2. Unabridged Audio - Self Help   

Subjects:  1. Abuse - General    2. Adult child sexual abuse victims    3. Adult children of alcoholics    4. Family relationships    5. General    6. Psychology    7. Rehabilitation    8. Sociology    9. Child abuse    10. Sexual abuse   

Subjects:  1. Adult Children of Alcoholics    2. Recovery   

Subjects:  1. Adult children of alcoholics    2. Alcohol use    3. Codependency    4. General    5. Neurology    6. Recovery    7. Self-Help   

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Intriguing Ideas.
This was one of the first political books I ever read and I bought it mostly because it was written in the form of a psychological case study.The author's diagnosis of Clinton's chief concern being that he is the adult child of an alcoholic may or may not be the cause behind his erratic professional and personal behavior.To me, he appears to be more narcississtic than anything else (of course, a narcississtic personality is not mutually exclusive with having an alcoholic parent).Seeing Clinton last night speak at the Democratic Party convention reminded me of just how much the public differs in its perceptions of this man and how much he continues to affect our lives.I can honestly say that this book was informative and provocative and I recommend it to you.

Understanding Bubba? Perhaps
As a rule, I am scornful of books that attempt to psychoanalyze public figures from afar; indeed, I am skeptical about psychology in general. In this case, the author himself points out that his analysis should only be taken so seriously considering he has never seen the 'patient'. I am also dubious about the notion of 'syndromes' in general. Certainly Bill is a liar and a vacillator who denies personal responsibility, but are these traits really caused by the fact that his father was an alcoholic? So I came to the book a skeptic. That being said, I found the book very compelling. The most amazing thing about it is it seems to predict the Lewinsky scandal, and Clinton's reaction to it. Those that loath Bill Clinton will certainly enjoy it, and find it very convincing. Those that love him will dismiss it out of hand. Those who are in between will be very disturbed. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. 1946-    2. 1993-    3. Adult Children Of Alcoholics    4. Clinton, Bill,    5. Current Affairs    6. Government - U.S. Government    7. Political    8. Politics - Current Events    9. Politics / Current Events    10. Politics and government    11. Politics/International Relations    12. President U.S.    13. Psychology    14. Psychopathology - General    15. U.S. - Contemporary Politics    16. United States    17. Biography: political    18. Central government    19. USA   

Subjects:  1. Business & Economics / Corporate History    2. 1929    3. Adult children of alcoholics    4. Childhood Memoir    5. Corporate & Business History    6. Depressions   

Reviews (2)

exceptionally good!
Mr Klunder had a very good way of describing situations, citing examples, which makes all the difference in the world!His book gave me lots of ideas as to what types of questions to ask and HOW to ask them in order toget the most information in the answers!I am searching in the state of NJand it is a very difficult state to get info from, and I am hoping to usesome of the info from Mr Klunder's book in order to obtain the informationI seek.If Mr Klunder happens to read this, I would certainly appreciatehim contacting me.I have some questions I would like to ask him.Thanksfor all the great information Mr Klunder, your book was certainly valuableto me!I went to the library reference section where I found your book andI was so involved, I got through it in 3 days!

A treasure-trove of information, although it needs an update
This resource for the adoptee or birth parent in search is very valuable. Since its 1991 publication, many of the addresses of information sources have changed, it is still worthy of a read. If you are just starting your search, read this book. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Adoptees    2. Adoption    3. Adult Children of Alcoholics    4. Birthparents    5. Family / Parenting / Childbirth    6. General    7. Handbooks, manuals, etc    8. Identification    9. Reference    10. United States