complex family dynamics Quotes

I do not think that I am a natural born mother... If I ever wanted to mother anyone, it was my father.

Families, doing everything for each other out of imagined obligation and always getting in each other's way, what a tangle.

I have always loved telling stories about families. I love the idea of people who may not choose to be together, but are nonetheless bonded for life and forced to interact and develop these relationships. I love the tension throwing different types of people under one roof creates.

You could say that this book is ripped from the headlines, but that wouldn't be fair. Bret Anthony Johnston's riveting novel picks up where the tabloids leave off, and takes us places even the best journalism can't go. Remember Me Like This is a wise, moving, and troubling novel about family and identity, and a clear-eyed inventory of loss and redemption.

A little more than kin, and less than kind.

I had a fantastic stepfather, so I didn't resent him in any way, although I was unnerved by him. He was not an easy man, although he was incredibly charming, gregarious, and fun.

I grew up in Louisiana, and I grew up with a dysfunctional family with some very serious abuse from my stepfather, who could be a very beautiful person on one hand and be terrible on the other, so it leaves your soul troubled as a child.

Happy or Unhappy, families are all mysterious.

I think most people know the concept of difficult family situations. So I try to just ground a very big concept in something we can all relate to on some level.