Dysfuntionalfamily Stories

This is the story of an alcoholic women who's life has unravelled. She's on her third marriage to an equally alcoholic partner, and none of her children or family can bear to talk to her anymore. This book tells the story of how she went from having everything she wanted to having nothing apart from her favourite drink - a gin and tonic.

Story seen through the eyes of Shimmer (Sabrina Whitmore). She is a woman who runs a multi-billion dollar company. She had at the tender age of 10 took up the difficult task of raising 8 younger siblings and 9 cousins and run the family business with the help of her sick grandmother and great aunt. Now the kids have grown up and gone on to their own thing. Her estranged grandfather a powerful politician suddenly arrives to control her life. The Whitmore siblings must unit to defend her from him and others who seek to exploit her. She will overcome her insecurities to understand how deeply she is appreciated. *I did this as a challenge that I can write a chapter under 900 words. It has been fun writing. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did. Please tell me what you think. I am looking for feedback to improve my work.

"Family was a word he could only link to ushered words and dirty glares. His brother was family, but he was dead now, and he'd had so little time with him as a child that he sometimes thought of these memories as a made-up lapse in time." Hijikata hated his family.

Every family has a story. Some are filled with love, laughter, and legacy. Others are laced with silence, secrets, betrayal, pain and patterns that repeat from generation to generation. Dysfunctional Family is a raw, honest, and powerful guide for anyone who has ever felt unseen, unheard, or unworthy in the very place they were supposed to feel safe. This book exposes the hidden wounds that many carry in silence and offers a path to healing, forgiveness, and freedom.