Julie Lythcott-Haims Books

Julie Lythcott-Haims is a New York Times bestselling author whose work delves into themes of parenting, American identity, and the complexities of growing up and into adulthood. Lythcott-Haims focuses on the practical and ethical dimensions of life, writing to inspire readers to reflect on their own life choices. Her writing is direct, provocative, and offers a fresh perspective on what it means to live a meaningful life.

REAL AMERICAN
288 pages
11 hours of reading
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"Bringing a poetic sensibility to her prose to stunning effect, Lythcott-Haims briskly and stirringly evokes her personal battle with the low self-esteem that American racism routinely inflicts on people of color. The only child of a marriage between an African American father and a white British mother, she shows indelibly how so-called microaggressions, in addition to blunt-force insults, can puncture a person's inner life with a thousand sharp cuts. Real American expresses also, through Lythcott-Haims's path to self-acceptance, the healing power of community in overcoming the hurtful isolation of being incessantly considered "the other."--Page 4 of cover
How to Raise an Adult
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Drawing on her experience as Stanford University's dean of freshmen, the author, revealing the harms of over-parenting, offers practical strategies that stress the importance of allowing children to make their own mistakes and develop the resilience, resourcefulness and determination necessary to succeed
Your Turn
352 pages
13 hours of reading
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Having tackled a far-reaching parenting crisis with her New York Times bestselling How to Raise an Adult, Julie Lythcott-Haims is back with an equally powerful and persuasive book for the adult children of those hovering parents—and for everyone who struggles to be a grown-up in these challenging times—in Your Turn: How to Be an Adult...

REAL AMERICAN

How to Raise an Adult

Your Turn