The body never lies... When we are ill, when we suffer from depression, when we succumb to anorexia or any kind of substance addiction... An internal conflict rages within us between what we feel and what we wish to feel.

On one side, there is our body, which retains the memory of our personal history, especially the abuse we may have suffered from our parents in childhood; and on the other, there is our spirit and our desire - according to the dictates of Morality and traditional upbringing - to love and honor our parents, no matter what has happened, even if they mistreated us.

This book analyzes with many and varied examples - several from the lives of great writers - the sometimes dramatic consequences of this conflict, as well as the reasons why, today, there is still hope.

No, we are not obliged to remain 'good' children if our parents have harmed us and if they continue to use emotional blackmail. Yes, it is up to us to pay due attention to the warning signals our body sends us.

Yes, at the end of this difficult path we have to walk in order to reassess the history of our relationship with our parents, we can find true inner peace and freedom.