Six years later, after Gildiner had quit her private practice, Duncan contacted her again. Karen insisted he choose between her and Madeline. Duncan said the antiques were worth millions of dollars. She additionally said she broke all of the antiques Madeline had stored there, pieces left to Madeline by her mother and grandmother. Karen admitted that she would not allow Madeline, Duncan’s daughter, in Madeline’s childhood home, the house where Karen lived with Duncan. Duncan arrived for counseling with his girlfriend, Karen, even though Gildiner asked him to come alone. Good Morning, Monster offers an almost novelistic, behind-the-scenes look into the therapist's office, illustrating how the process can heal even the most unimaginable wounds."The Father" - Duncan Arlington, a charismatic businessman, talked Gildiner into seeing him for marriage counseling even though that was a form of counseling she did not do. Gildiner's account of her journeys with them is moving, insightful, and sometimes very funny. They seek Gildiner's help to overcome an immediate challenge in their lives, but discover that the source of their suffering has been long buried.Īs in such recent classics as The Glass Castle and Educated, each patient embodies self-reflection, stoicism, perseverance, and forgiveness as they work unflinchingly to face the truth. Among them: a successful, first generation Chinese immigrant musician suffering sexual dysfunction a young woman whose father abandoned her at age nine with her younger siblings in an isolated cottage in the depth of winter and a glamorous workaholic whose narcissistic, negligent mother greeted her each morning of her childhood with "Good morning, Monster."Įach patient presents a mystery, one that will only be unpacked over years. In this fascinating narrative, therapist Catherine Gildiner’s presents five of what she calls her most heroic and memorable patients. In these pages, she has gorgeously captured both the privilege of being given access to the inner chambers of people's lives, and the meaning that comes from watching them grow into the selves they were meant to be." - Lori Gottlieb, New York Times bestselling author of Maybe You Should Talk to Someone
"Gildiner is nothing short of masterful- as both a therapist and writer. Fascinating." - Glennon Doyle, A Favorite Book of 2020 on Good Morning America "We need to read stories about folks who have been through hell and kept going.
As seen on Good Morning America's SEPTEMBER 2020 READING LIST and FAVORITE BOOKS OF 2020!
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