A Family Downfall

A Family DownfallA Family Downfall is an account of the author's painful memories of the contributing factors in the vicious cycle of dysfunction in her picture perfect family of origin. The focus is on how family members influence each other and how fractured family relationships develop to a point of no return; the author examines the topics of economic and social downfall and loss of physical and mental health. Positive themes also stretch through the entire story, like the joy of hard-won progress of immigrant parents in the USA, and the values of family support and deep sibling bond.