{"product_id":"princes-charming-and-a-glass-naomi-oona-murthy-9781475945850","title":"Princes Charming and a Glass Sister: A Curious Memoir: 61 Years of Life with Borderline Personality Disorder (Bpd)","description":"\u003cem\u003eCousin to schizophrenia, \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eBorderline Personality Disorder \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e(BPD\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e) \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eaffects about 2% of the population\u003c\/em\u003e.  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOur father\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e ricocheted through childhood as one of 3 siblings dropped at a Sasakatchewan, Canada orphanage in the mid-1920s. As a child, -Edgar went to farm foster homes, was adopted once, and sent back. Their father surfaced briefly, from Michigan, dying of TB -which he gave me - in 1952 or 53 and the siblings estranged each other, totally, by the early 1970s.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEdgar borderlined or schizophreniaed his way\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e through a crude and lewd control freak adulthood --menacing his wife and 3 children - moving us so frequently, well - from age 5-12 I attended 13 schools and moved 18 times. He was a self-made (?) Ameri-Canadian gipsy.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003e- \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eAbused by my grade 1 teacher, I lost my age 6 year to amnesia, once she was caught. I woke up, age 7, at a different school, new town. Despite other child and adult traumas, that was my \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eonly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e dis-associative experience. My childhood was normal enough, after that, school-wise, 'til grade 7.\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003e- \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eChildhood stopped at age 12. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eChased out of home at noon, Dad brutally discarded me to Children's Services the same afternoon. They moved and got a silent phone number. Four years of messing with my teenage-hood followed as he took me back and made me run away in fear all the time. Bait and switch by Dad and anxiety\/depression ruled those years. I \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003enever\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e knew where I stood with him.\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003e- \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eAt age 15, 20 days shy of 16, Pierre, 21, Dad forced us into a doomed marriage. By age 20, I was divorced and re-married.\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA lot of life happened between ages 20-38. Then, happily married, \u003c\/em\u003e22 years ago, I survived a weird sexual assault, in a \u003cem\u003ework colleague, off-duty environment: by a police detective -\u003c\/em\u003e my temporary boss for a week. Curiously, other police witnessed but did not intervene. \u003cem\u003eHis, their, alcohol abuse was involved.\u003c\/em\u003e It was really stupid. No one is identified, herein, by name - only by rank.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eI translate my 16 dream journal and some of their \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003euniversal symbols and themes. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eI was \u003c\/em\u003eCarl Jung and Sigmund Freud, et al, studied\/influenced and \u003cem\u003epsycho-analyst-assisted\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eI have no children and am glad to not pass on damaged chromosomes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMURTHY'S LAW: \u003cem\u003eEXPECT THE UNEXPECTED\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Naomi Oona Murthy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 147594585X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781475945850\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e iUniverse\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/26\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 210\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.89lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.63d","brand":"Naomi Oona Murthy","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48445111206143,"sku":"9781475945850","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b7feef79-971f-4137-8e0e-26e63f106824.jpg?v=1777216618","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/princes-charming-and-a-glass-naomi-oona-murthy-9781475945850","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}