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Norm Goldman, Editor of www.bookpleasures.com reviews Irene Watson's The Sitting Swing.

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Watson’s retrospective memoir and episodic narrative, as a child growing up in a two room log cabin without plumbing in a small town in Alberta, candidly reveals how she had been shaped by her many nasty experiences with her family and relatives, and in particular her relationship with her mother.

ISBN: 1891386492

Exploring the cause and effect of addictions is a tricky proposition, as it is a term that is often tossed around in such a manner that most of us assume we clearly understand it. However, after reading Irene Watson’s The Sitting Swing, you realize that it can connote much more than dependence on drugs or alcohol. It can likewise mean a form of behavior where you are constantly trying to please others. According to Watson, whom I interviewed, she indicated that ten or so years ago this addiction was coined as co-dependency, however more recently the National Mental Health Association is terming it as “relationship addiction.” It is a learned behavior that is often passed down through the generations by watching other family members display the behavior.