When Your "Perfect Partner" Goes Perfectly Wrong: Loving or Leaving the Narcissist in Your Life

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Summary: Excellent Book For Survivors
Review: A really well written book on narcisstic abuse and the survivors.
It gives a insightfull view of the survivor's experience from their perspective.
Many first person personal stories about damage, emotional and mental, suffered by the victims. Reading about other peoples experience helps immensely with understanding the illness.
I have read other books on this topic but Mary Jo's unique understanding and writing about this very misunderstood disease is refreshing. Her ability to use layman terms to explain a very complicated disorder is unique.
Mary Jo takes you from victim to survivor and gives you tools to regain your life, health and happiness back. This is no easy task and she lays it all out in a very clear, concise approach.
Great book, must read if you are studying this illness.

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Summary: Great information on narcissistic abuse
Review: Mary Jo Fay is trying to bring to the forefront one of the major types of domestic emotional abuse which is relatively unrecognized by victims as well as professionals as of today. That is narcissism.
This book is not only helpful in recognizing the traits of the narcissist, but also in helping victims of this type of abuse to understand that it is not their fault.
The book contains in depth stories of victims as well as a chapter by a self-proclaimed narcissist.

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Summary: Another great read on narcissism
Review: Through my quest for more information on the narcissistic partner, I discovered WHEN YOUR PERFECT PARTNER GOES PERFECTLY WRONG and read it from cover to cover. Mary Jo delves into the behind-the-scenes lives of several people whose lives have been torn apart or forever changed)by their encounters with narcissistic personality disorder.This is a wonderful book for anyone who is already somewhat familiar with narcissism and its related problems.My favorite part is her comparison of the traits of the survivor versus the victim.