The Relapse
The Hidden Struggle of Escaping a Narcissistic Parent
1st Edition
Published on 20. April 2026
90 pages
979-8-2958-1009-1 (ISBN)
Description
In this raw and deeply personal debut poetry collection, Jackie Guerra shares her first book - an intimate and courageous beginning to her writing journey. In it, she explores the painful cycle of loving a mother she cannot love safely. Through vulnerable, unfiltered verse, she writes about narcissistic parenting, generational trauma, cultural expectations, and the quiet guilt of choosing yourself.
These poems trace the stages of awareness, boundaries, grief, healing - and the relapse into hope. The longing. The wish that things could be different.
Honest and unflinching, this book is for anyone who has had to break cycles, set painful boundaries, and learn that sometimes healing means loving from a distance.
