After spending months deep in quarantine, Linsey, 38, decided to take herself on a solo road trip to Arizona. Loading up on audiobooks for the long drive ahead, she added one more after seeing writer Ashley C. Ford rave about it on Twitter (and getting her therapist's approval).
She finished "Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents" in less than 24 hours, replaying it again later that week when driving back to Texas.
"Listening to [it] released hidden pain I had stuffed deep within for decades," says Linsey, who recalls tears barreling down her face as she drove. "Every single chapter gave me something new and validating." For the first time, she had a name for the neglect and trauma she experienced as a child — and could see her life expanding like the road in front of her.