Good Morning, Monster, Catherine Gildiner
Good Morning, Monster, Catherine Gildiner
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Good Morning, Monster
A Therapist Shares Five Heroic Stories of Emotional Recovery

Author: Catherine Gildiner

Narrator: Deborah Burgess

Unabridged: 13 hr 15 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/22/2020


Synopsis

As seen on Good Morning America's SEPTEMBER 2020 READING LIST and FAVORITE BOOKS OF 2020!

"We need to read stories about folks who have been through hell and kept going... Fascinating." —Glennon Doyle, A Favorite Book of 2020 on Good Morning America

"Gildiner is nothing short of masterful—as both a therapist and writer. In these pages, she has gorgeously captured both the privilege of being given access to the inner chambers of people's lives, and the meaning that comes from watching them grow into the selves they were meant to be." —Lori Gottlieb, New York Times bestselling author of Maybe You Should Talk to Someone

In this riveting narrative, therapist Catherine Gildiner’s focuses on four former patients who have overcome enormous trauma—people she considers heroes. They include: a successful, first generation Chinese immigrant musician suffering sexual dysfunction and a glamorous workaholic whose narcissistic, negligent mother greeted her each morning of her childhood with "Good morning, Monster."

Each patient presents a mystery, one that will only be unpacked over years. They seek Gildiner's help to overcome an immediate challenge in their lives, but discover that the source of their suffering has been long buried. Good Morning Monster offers an almost novelistic, behind-the-scenes look into the therapist's office, illustrating how the process can heal even the most unimaginable wounds.

"Good Morning, Monster allows one the privilege of seeing the therapist-patient relationship as an essentially human interaction." —JM Coetzee, Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature

A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin's Press

About Catherine Gildiner

CATHERINE GILDINER was a clinical psychologist in private practice for twenty-five years. She is the best-selling author of the acclaimed memoir Too Close to The Falls and the celebrated collection of case studies Good Morning, Monster, which has been translated into over thirty languages. She grew up in New York State and lives in Toronto.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Regina on March 05, 2021

I recently wrapped up my 3-star review of the uber-popular Maybe You Should Talk to Someone by saying maybe I should talk to someone…else. Well, I found her, and she’s a monster. As of today, Lori Gottlieb’s therapy-themed memoir has 151,322 GR ratings. Meanwhile, Catherine Gildiner’s lesser-known Go......more

Goodreads review by Christine on June 27, 2024

5 giant stars! My streak of outstanding reads continues. Though I have only read 31 books this year, the number of 5 stars books amongst that lot is remarkable. And the streak continues with Good Morning Monster. This book is simply phenomenal! Catherine Gildiner is a now retired Canadian psychotherap......more

Goodreads review by Melissa (Semi-hiatus for Work) on February 21, 2022

Intensely brutal, but insightful memoir of five patients treated by a clinical psychologist. This was my book club choice for February. I chose it because I loved Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed, loved the different insights into therapy. This boo......more

Goodreads review by Jennifer ~ TarHeelReader on September 18, 2020

Wow! This book! It should be on your radar! I have not yet read Lori Gottlieb’s insightful hit, Maybe You Should Talk to Someone, though it’s waiting on my shelf, so I can’t make any comparisons, but I can tell you that Gottlieb blurbed this beautiful book. Available next week! The premise of Good Mo......more

Goodreads review by Krista on October 03, 2019

Madeline would try to sneak potato chips into her room between restaurant meals; every morning when she'd round the back servant stairs to the kitchen, hoping for some breakfast before school, her mother would greet her by saying, “Good morning, monster.” Then she would accuse her of skulking for......more


Awards

  • Amazon.com Best Books of the Year