Fake Love: The bestselling practical self-help book of 2023 by Australia's life-changing go-to expert in understanding and healing from narcissistic abuse

Nova Gibson's book offers self-help for navigating and healing from narcissistic abuse, drawing on her decade of experience and global online community. She identifies behaviors of narcissistic abusers, explains covert and overt narcissism, and explores trauma bonding. The book provides hope, support, and practical strategies to break the toxic cycle, extricate and protect yourself, and heal.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 304 pages
Publication date: 01 February 2024
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd

Nova Gibson, Australia's leading specialist counsellor, has helped thousands of people navigate and heal from narcissistic abuse. Drawing on her decade of experience working with clients and her global online community, Nova provides comfort, knowledge, and powerful strategies to help you identify, navigate, and survive this covert, confusing, and dangerous form of abuse. In this life-changing book, Nova brings unparalleled insight into the lived experience of victims and helps identify the behaviors of narcissistic abusers, such as coercive control and gaslighting, pathological lying, the love bomb-devalue-discard cycle, hoovering, smear campaigns, and many more. She also helps you understand covert and overt narcissism and explores in depth the concept of trauma bonding, which creates a powerful connection with your abuser and explains why and how you're compelled to stay, even when the abuse is impossible to ignore. Nova offers hope, support, and concise, practical strategies to break the toxic cycle, extricate and protect yourself, and most importantly, heal.

Weight: 382g
Dimension: 235 x 154 x 23 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781460764336