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The Book Club :
The Wizard of Oz and Other Narcissists

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 Fighting2Survive (original poster member #28410) posted at 4:43 AM on Sunday, August 28th, 2011

Anyone read this? I just downloaded it, but I haven't started it yet.

Me: BW, 40.......Him: FWH, 40
D-day: 3-22-10
DS1: 11, DS2: crawling
Status: R going well

"When you can tell the story and it doesn't bring up any pain, you know it is healed." - Iyanla Vanzant, Broken Pieces

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SierraGrace ( member #24259) posted at 4:47 AM on Monday, August 29th, 2011

I just ordered it from Amazon a few days ago because I'm hell bent on reading EVERYTHING there is about naricissists!!

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Gold_Dust_Woman ( member #32389) posted at 11:24 AM on Monday, August 29th, 2011

Toto... I don't think we're in Kansas anymore, lol

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SierraGrace ( member #24259) posted at 2:56 PM on Monday, August 29th, 2011

Toto... I don't think we're in Kansas anymore, lol

NOT when you have had to live in the land of NPD!!

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 Fighting2Survive (original poster member #28410) posted at 9:07 PM on Monday, August 29th, 2011

SG,

I still haven't started it, but I'd love to know what you think of it once you've read it.

I'm having surgery on Friday, and I'm loading up on books to read during recovery. This one is definitely on my list for recovery reads.

Me: BW, 40.......Him: FWH, 40
D-day: 3-22-10
DS1: 11, DS2: crawling
Status: R going well

"When you can tell the story and it doesn't bring up any pain, you know it is healed." - Iyanla Vanzant, Broken Pieces

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SierraGrace ( member #24259) posted at 5:24 PM on Wednesday, August 31st, 2011

It just arrived yesterday so will let you know my thoughts.

Good luck with your surgery and recovery!!

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Mom to rescued fur-kids
Formerly joined due to awful WSO and took a long @ss time to work my way out of that, but finally did January 2022

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neverbelieve ( member #32711) posted at 6:30 PM on Wednesday, August 31st, 2011

I read it. It's not a bad book by any means, but "Narcissistic Lovers" is a far better read imo.

I found that "Oz" spent too much time on why someone possibly became NPD. I can't speak for everyone, but I don't care why. I care about how to deal with them.

When the infrastructure of a building is gone the collapse is inevitable.

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ScribblingMum ( member #20097) posted at 3:12 PM on Wednesday, September 7th, 2011

Great book!

~ScribblingMum~
D-D 1: 12/23/06 - Porn (dd bust him on-line)
D-D 2: 4-25-08 - Massage P.'s(new act. in pretend recov.)
D-D 3:9-9-08 Caught call m. girl
D-Day 4: 6/30/09 -: free MP g.f./prost.
D-Day 5: 1-10-10: new mp prost's.
~DONE!

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newnormal ( member #21925) posted at 1:58 PM on Wednesday, September 21st, 2011

My XWH (with NPD traits per MC) can recite the Wizard of Oz movie practically verbatim. I will have to get this book.

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SierraGrace ( member #24259) posted at 5:10 AM on Thursday, October 6th, 2011

I'm still reading this by the way...would love any others thoughts.

I'm on Chapter 6 "If he only had a heart" hhhmmmm, isn't that the truth. I'm really loving this one also. I skimmed through the parts about family NPD or workplace NPD but of course have been paying close attention to the love relationships sections and once again....feel like I could have written parts of this. It's is almost like reliving it all....but with new eyes so it's not really triggery, just uncanny how "by the book" NPD he really is, his behavior was and my reactions to it all...WITHOUT this insight at the time. Another very enlightening book for me!

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