Alice Miller is widely written on trauma, the body, and how childhood affects everything. This book in particular is addressing the true self v. the false self, not so much having to do with attachment, but the way we hide our needs and expect children to meet our own needs that we are searching for. Miller advocates for letting one's true self "free" by acknowledging the repressed pain (meaning, letting go of the 'gift' of the coping skill that was needed at the time to survive) from each of his/her childhoods (which is inevitable in any family).

I read this fairly quickly, but I'll probably do a much slower read the next time I go through it. The book is short, but there is a lot of information. The book was also timely for me. Recommended.