Read or Skim: The Wounded Woman By Linda Schierse-Leonard

Title: The Wounded Woman: Healing The Father-Daughter Relationship
Author: Linda Schierse-Leonard

Without going into too much detail, I will say that I am one of those women who didn't have the normal father-daughter relationships the lucky little girls grew up to have. "The Wounded Woman: Healing The Father-Daughter Relationship by Linda Schierse-Leonard" is a self-help book for women in a similar situation, whether their fathers were physically uninvolved or were emotionally or psychologically absent in their development as women.

For start, Leonard's book provides the different personality types the daughters may turn into as they grow up. Nothing is black or white in the descriptions of these types and none of it places the blame on either the daughter or the father. Instead, Leonard provides description and illustration through fables, fairy tales and her own personal experience for these personality types and throughout the book. It provides a gentle overview of embracing both the feminine and masculine side of the female figure and what can benefit from embracing both sides.

It is not made to look or read like a "quick fix" self-help book. It is not one of those books who claim they can fix any disorder or dysfunctional relationship between their book covers. Leonard's book allows the reader to forgive herself fore she did nothing wrong to create his absence. Leonard's book is a "step in the right direction" book for women who want to find their "inner father" and trust it without making men the enemy because of their father's absence.

I Say: READ IT.

DISCLAIMER: I wrote this review with a borrowed copy of the book from my local library. I was not endorsed by any of the peoples or companies involved with this product.