“People often compliment me on my accomplishments—my master’s degree in communications, my successful relations career, the children’s book I wrote—but I can’t allow myself the credit I probably deserve…” (Evelyn, 35)

Years of study and clinical work showed Karyl McBride a symptom that many women share—narcissistic personality disorder. McBride’s study concludes that this personality disorder often spawns from the mother-daughter relationship where the, “mother never approves of her daughter for simply being herself.” Without a mother’s approval, McBride claims, the daughter is unable to develop into a confident woman.

McBride also focuses on mothers and daughters because of their unique relationship: a mother is her daughter’s role model when developing as an individual, lover, wife, and mother. Most importantly, this book helps daughters on their road to recovery without blaming narcissistic mothers along the way.

Chapters range from “How Narcissistic Mothering Affects Your Entire Life” to “Filling the Empty Mirror: Ending the Narcissistic Legacy.” The book approaches the subject with a very nurturing and polite tone, making it easy to accept McBride’s advice. This book might be a very validating experience for a woman who suffers from a narcissistic mother.