Disappointed. This book is moreso a compilation of webMD articles and ideas about narcissistic personality disorder (NPD) in Mothers than it is a tool or guide to understand how to cope with Mothers that have NPD. I don’t know the authors background , but I would assume she has a doctoral degree/is in the psychiatry field because naturally one writing about a personality disorder would need the credentials to back their statements. The author does not list their credentials, other than saying they were the child of narcissistic parents. The author also opens by saying since people who are Narcissistic will rarely if ever get properly diagnosed as narcissistic so this book is not meant to diagnose or replace a psychiatrist, and should be treated with a grain of salt.  Thus the author is also admitting that her book is not an adequate source of truth about narcissism. But then half of the book proceeds to list the types of narcissists “cluster B” and “overt grandiose” narcissists without any citation or breakdown of that. I’m still not entirely clear on how these different “types” of narcissists were established and what differentiates them. The two that are highlighted the most are Mothers who are emotionally incestuous towards their sons(golden child), or who compete with their daughters(black sheep), and a throwaway category for mothers who neglect their middle child. There are two sections actually dedicated to dealing with Mothers like this , and we get “Be Financially Independent” and “Don’t react to their negativity ”. The thing is, if you are picking up a book on How to Cope with Narcissistic Mothers, you have probably already tried endless internet tips, advice, and whatnot and you know you need to be financially and emotionally divested. So why write a book -142 pages at that - that offers no concrete action plan or understanding into how Narcissism should be dealt with? I  recommend skipping this and finding another book