My T hasn't read it (yet, might loan her my - highlighted - copy ) so she didn't comment much.. she seemed to think it would be more about explaining what causes the mother to be 'emotionally absent', but I told her that while it does cover that, it's more about the effects of that on the child - how it can still affect that child as an adult.. I sent her the '10 good mother messages' and she did say she hoped she gave those messages to her daughter.. I said I'd be surprised if she didn't score 10/10.