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Florence St. John explores the complexity and resilience of three generations of women in her family. Daughter and mothers, sisters and cousins, all tangled in a knot. Despite their differences, there is an unbreakable connection that keeps them together. Recounting her childhood experiences, she reveals her family's dysfunction and sheds light on codependency issues. Overcoming the obstacles of her childhood, Florence made that promise that she wouldn't treat her daughter in the same ""awful"" way her parents treated her. No, she would do things differently. But when her daughter turned sixteen, she fell into a depression and began cutting herself. Florence tried everything to get her daughter back on track, but nothing seemed to work. She soon realized that, in many ways, her daughter represented herself growing up, with all the same anxieties and doubts that she had experienced. She looks back on her life as a child of an alcoholic father and absent mother to find answers.

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Borderline is utterly enlightening for any mother, or any person who may find themselves battling the same demons and not recognizing exactly what those demons are. If one cannot pinpoint the demons, the triggers for our responses to situations and what others say and do, we cannot help ourselves or those we love most. Borderline is an important book. Highly recommended reading. Reviewed By Viga Boland for Readers' Favorite The book certainly proves once again how environmental factors play an even more important role in the development of any mental illness; more so than genetic factors in most cases. For anyone looking to read someone's personal experience of personality disorders and family dysfunction, this may be an interesting read. Reviewed By Gisela Dixon for Readers' Favorite Brilliant Read! Grabs you in the beginning and never lets you go! A raw book that few dare to expose with grace and humor! Bravo! Deborah M. Bruneron Borderline, The Illusion of Insanity is the story of one woman's journey through a family-fracturing disorder. The author explains consequences that are far-reaching and generational in nature. Her intuitive understanding and astute awareness of the disturbance reveals the emotional pain she has experienced. Kathryn Den Houter, Ph.D. Author of Transilience, Powering Through Adversity Borderline, The Illusion of Insanity is the story of one woman's journey through a family-fracturing disorder. The author explains consequences that are far-reaching and generational in nature. Her intuitive understanding and astute awareness of the disturbance reveals the emotional pain she has experienced. Kathryn Den Houter, Ph.D. Author of Transilience, Powering Through Adversity

Borderline, The Illusion of Insanity is the story of one woman's journey through a family-fracturing disorder. The author explains consequences that are far-reaching and generational in nature. Her intuitive understanding and astute awareness of the disturbance reveals the emotional pain she has experienced. Kathryn Den Houter, Ph.D. Author of Transilience, Powering Through Adversity

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